Overview of Biosensors Development Around the World

Abstract

Since there are well over 500 companies and research organizations worldwide involved in biosensor development. It is important to note that the major biosensor players were identified in terms of the following criteria: publication output / quality, scientific impact, reputation, and size. The commercialization of biosensor technology has significantly lagged behind the research output. The rationale behind the slow and limited technology transfer could be attributed to cost considerations and some key technical barriers.. Successful biosensors must be versatile to support interchangeable biorecognition elements, and in addition miniaturization must be feasible to allow automation for parallel sensing with ease of operation at a competitive cost. A significant upfront investment in research and development is a prerequisite in the commercialization of biosensors. The progress in such endeavors is incremental with limited success, thus, the market entry for a new venture is very difficult unless a niche product can be developed with a considerable market volume.

Wearable and Mobile Sensors for Personalized Nutrition

“…62−64 The continuous advances in high-throughput electrode fabrication and surface functionalization techniques have led to the mass production of disposable biosensor strips, pushing decentralized food electroanalysis to the forefront. 62,65,66 Currently, there is a wide variety of electrochemical sensor strips based on different materials and fabrication approaches, such as screenprinting or metal-sputtering on rigid or flexible substrates (plastics, paper, and cloth, etc. ), with custom designs (single electrodes, microelectrodes or electrode arrays).…”

University-Industry Relationships for the Development and Commercialization of Biosensors

“…In theory, and, to a certain extent, on the bench, as well, the above benefits have oriented cell-based biosensing toward environmental and medical applications. Some toxicity sensors are commercially available (Mongra and Kaur 2012), from many USA, European, and Japanese companies that manufacture and distribute analytical instruments, but the biological oxygen demand (BOD) biosensor is at present the most successful product, with more than 15 analyzers in the market (Bahadir and Sezgintürk 2015). The present work uses the huge scientific (academic output) and technical (patent applications) literature on the subject in order to study the cell-based biosensor innovation system.…”