Market Challenges And Opportunities

Drug Screening Market Drivers

Competition among leading manufacturers in the drug screening market is supporting the growth of the drug screening market. Manufacturers are engaged in developing innovative products in wide categories in order to maintain leading position in the market. Alere, Inc. along with its partner company GenPrime, Inc., launched point of care testing device, the xReader for work-place drug testing in 2016. In 2017, Alere, Inc. launched Alere iCup Rx drug screen for detecting commonly misused and abused prescription drugs. Moreover, technological advancements are expected to boost growth of the drug screening market over the forecast period. For instance, Intelligent Fingerprinting Limited launched non-invasive portable fingerprint drug test in 2017. Moreover, increasing incidences of traffic accidents, owing to drunk driving or driving after drug consumption is expected to boost growth of the drug screening market over the forecast period. For instance, five Michigan counties launched pilot roadside drug testing in November 2017, which used Alere DDS2 oral fluid test instrument to detect marijuana, opioids, and other drugs. Moreover, Captiva Lab launched an oral fluid drug testing integrated with mass spectrometry to include an oral fluid test panel in 2017. Furthermore, increasing demand from vast number of places where drug screening may be required such as workplace, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers is expected to boost growth of the drug screening market over the forecast period. Phenomenex, Inc. launched Strata-X-Drug B Plus a solid phase extraction (SPE) sample preparation product for urine drug testing in May 2018.

However, ban of alcohol and drugs at workplace and government organizations, and increasing awareness against driving under influence is expected to hinder the growth of the drug screening market.

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