Growth in Global Demand for Biophotonics Propelled by Applications Outside Healthcare Domain, $60 Billion by 2022
Industry Experts introduced the new global market report on Biophotonics. The report entitled ‘ Biophotonics &ndash: A Global Market Overview ’ reveals that the Medical Diagnostics is the largest end-use sector for Biophotonics with US$24.7 billion in 2017 while Non-Medical applications, such as agriculture, biotechnology and food diagnostics, projected the fastest growing sectors with 2017-2022 CAGR of about 11%. Biophotonics is a field of science that employs the power of light (in terms of photons) and other types of radiant energy to examine the functional, structural, biological, mechanical and chemical properties of biological materials and systems. Though the initial focus of this technology has been in providing enhanced diagnosis for various health conditions, the current application of Biophotonics in a multitude of verticals, such as agriculture, biotechnology, food diagnostics and therapeutics has been the primary driving force behind its wider adoption. This has bee...