Step 1: High Level Market Understanding
Collection of market parameters based on secondary research (# of hospitals, of which public / private, # of private laboratories, # of microbiology laboratories, guidelines)
Step 2: Qualitative In Depth Interviews with KOL
3 in depth interviews per country with Key Opion Leader and high level professionals with insight in the present status of molecular diagnostics as well as information about future decisions & development e.g. large hospitals or private labs running molecular tests.
Step 3: Quantitative Interviews with Molecular Labs
For a selected list of tests: Test volumes per technologies used (molecular & microbiology), Type of instruments & reagents used, Specimen types for HSV, MRSA, CT/NG tests, Future trends per test
Outcome
Quantitative description of the molecular market situation, indicative market size and market shares per test, country profile providing background information about labs, legal aspects and changes.