Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Biopolymers That Derive Directly from Biomass
• Biopolymers from Biobased Monomers
• Biopolymers from Simple Organisms
• Applications

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors and Standards
  • Bioplastics
  • Functional Foods
  • Medical Devices

Areas to Monitor

• 3D Printing
• Advances in Bioprocessing and Biocatalysis
• Advances in Biobased Polymers
• Advances in Drug Delivery
• Biowaste Resources
• Government Policy
• Influence of Oil and Natural-Gas Prices
• Land Factors
• Novel-Materials Development
• Developments in Nucleic-Acids Research
• Synthetic Biology
• Tissue Engineering

Implications of Commercialization

• New Technologies and Novel Biopolymers Emerge
• Biopolymers Will Enable the Transition to a Biobased and Resource-Efficient Economy
• The Bioplastics Market Will Expand
• New Applications Will Emerge for Biopolymers in Medicine
• Biobased Processes Are Advancing

Opportunities

• Medical Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Pharmaceutical Applications
  • Therapeutics
  • Drug Delivery
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Industrial Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Consumer Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Food Applications
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities

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