Glycated Hemoglobin Tests See Increasing Use

Glycated Hemoglobin Tests See Increasing Use: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing is one of the success stories of point-of-care diagnostics, and an area that will experience higher growth rates than other POC tests as a result of expert recommendations, new cases and booming mail-in test sales, according to the new report “Point-of-care Diagnostics 2010 and Beyond: Rapid Testing at a Crossroads,” by healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The global market for POC HbA1c tests was $230 million in 2009, but should rise to $350 million by 2013. This growth rate is fifty percent faster than the average POC testing product.