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Nano Nanobio
Figure 29.1
Nanoscience.and.nanotechnology.peer-reviewed.articles.published.between.2000.and.2010.
Between.1995.and.2005,.nanobiotechnology.accounted.for.13%.of.all.patented.nanoscale.
technology.developments.(Palmberg.et.al..2009).
The.pharmaceutical.industry.will.likely.be.the.irst.to.commercialize.nanobiotechnology..
The.majority.of.all.private.sector.nanobiotechnology.patents.are.awarded.to.pharmaceuti-
cal.irms..To.date,.145.companies.including.Sanoi.Aventis,.Metronics,.Procter.&.Gamble,.
Bayer,.and.Merck.have.been.awarded.patents.for.new.nanostructures.with.pharmaceutical.
applications..Many.of.these.irms.are.already.performing.research.and.commercializing.
nanobiotechnologies..A.recent.nanotechnology.report.found.that.in.2010,.nanobiotechnol-
ogy-enabled.products.created.15%.(approximately.$70.billion).of.pharmaceutical.market.
value..Nanotechnology-enabled.products.are.expected.to.account.for.50%.of.all.pharma-
ceutical.value.by.2020.(Roco,.2010b).
Venture.capital.funding.data.are.used.to.track.the.emergence.of.new.irms.with.nanobio-
technology.products..The.largest.share.of.nanotechnology-related.venture.capital.funding.
(51%). has. gone. to. healthcare. and. life. science-based. companies.. These. early-stage. nano-
technology.healthcare.investments.have.been.the.most.successful,.accounting.for.65%.of.
the.total.nanotechnology.initial.public.offerings.to.date.(Spinverse.2010)..The.nanobiotech-
nology-venture-funded.technology.development.has.been.in.the.areas.of.drug.discovery.
(54%),.diagnostics.(37%),.drug.delivery.(5%),.and.biopharmaceuticals.(4%;.Paull.et.al..2003).
While.nanobiotechnology.research.seems.to.be.a.relatively.small.portion.of.nanotech-
nology.publications,.it.has.been.disproportionally.successful.at.establishing.new.commer-
cial.products.and.enterprises..If.this.trend.continues,.expect.to.see.signiicant.growth.in.
nanobiotechnology.research.and.development.and.employment.in.related.industries.such.
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