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Health and Fitness 
Wed, February 25, 2009
Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: Immucor
CHICAGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Zacks.com releases the latest Industry Outlook. Today's interview is with senior analyst Tom Park,who talks about the Medical Devices Industry, including Immucor (Nasdaq: BLUD).
A synopsis of today's Industry Outlook is presented below. The full article can be read at [ http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678 ].
As a result of the continued problems in controlling healthcare costs, we expect demand for products in the diagnostic testing market to continue to grow. The diagnostic testing market is highly labor intensive and time consuming.
Many companies like Immucor (Nasdaq: BLUD) seek to automate the process or reduce diagnostic testing time, which is expected to reduce testing costs, patient care costs, and improve test accuracy. Thus, technological advances in diagnostic testing from R&D investments can play a role in helping to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care.
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