Biopolymers

Technology Map Contents

April 2008

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Enabling Components
• Applications
• Processes

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Materials Design
• Adoption of Biodegradable Polymers
• Performance of Biodegradable Polymers
• Bioprocessing
• Demand for Enhanced Food
• Advances in Drug Delivery
• Biopharming
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Molecular Medicine and Biologics
• Rising Oil Prices
• Government Policy
• Aging Population
• Advances in Biocatalysis
• Synthetic Biology

Implications of Commercialization

• Biopolymers Give Foods a Competitive Edge
• New Applications Will Emerge for Biopolymers in Medicine
• The Bioplastics Market Will Expand
• New Technologies and Novel Biopolymers Will Emerge
• Researchers Will Develop Bio-Based Processes

Opportunities

• Medical Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Pharmaceutical Applications
  • Therapeutics
  • Drug Delivery
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Industrial Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Consumer Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Food Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities

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