This report examines the disposable syringe markets as well as the supplies utilized in clinics and by patients directly in their homes to diagnose and monitor disease and to administer medications. This analysis is intended to provide basic market data pertaining to the U.S. and worldwide market segments. Each market segment is analyzed to determine size, growth rates, sales projections and factors influencing growth in the U.S. and internationally. Unit and dollar volume are used to indicate market sizes. Additionally, this review examines industry challenges and potential threats to syringe and needle supplies manufacturers and makes strategic recommendations for boosting market share. The emphasis is on those companies actively developing and marketing products to hospitals, physicians and the general public for medically related uses. The disposable syringe market segments are identified as:

1) total reusable needle and syringe market;
2) total disposable needle and syringe market;
3) prefilled syringes;
4) safety syringes;
5) insulin injector pens;
6) needleless injectors;
7) vaccination injectors;
8) blood collection needles and syringes;
9) hypodermic needles and syringes market;
10) insulin needles and syringes market;
11) specialty needles and syringes market; and
12) needleless injector market.

1.           Introduction          11

1.1         Statement of Report            11

1.2         About this Report        11

1.3         Scope of the Report            11

1.4         Objectives            12

1.5         Methodology        13

1.6         Executive Summary            14

2.           Disposable Syringe Markets             16

2.1         Overview             16

2.2         Infection Control and Safety             17

2.2.1      Needlestick Injuries           17

2.2.2      Availability of Safety Syringes in the U.S. Healthcare Facilities 19

2.3         Cost of Safety Syringe        19

2.4         Market Expansion               20

2.5         Unsafe Injection Practices          20

2.6         Hospital Consolidations Pressure Companies to Reduce Prices         20

2.7         Strategic Alliance of Needleless Injector Manufacturers             21

2.8         Technological Advancements in Disposable Syringes  21

2.8.1      Reconstitution inside Sterile Syringes             21

2.8.2      Plungerless Prefilled Syringes          22

2.8.3      The Disposable UniJect™         22

2.9         Award Winning Syringes   22

2.9.1      Episure AutoDetect Epidural Syringe             23

2.9.2      ConfiDose Disposable Autoinjector               23

2.9.3      Humatrope Reconstitution Device    24

2.9.4      Vasceze Plungerless Syringe            24

3.           Disposable Syringe Market Segments             25

3.1         Overview             25

3.1.1      World Market for Disposable Syringes