The global pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market is growing significantly due to development of high resolution and sensitive imaging devices with various applications in the industry. Massive unexplored market in pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) industry of developing economies are creating ample opportunities for the pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market to grow at a considerable rate in the coming years. Further, technological advancement in pre-clinical imaging will support the growth of the global pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market in the coming years.

Pre-clinical (in-vivo) imaging is bridging a gap between the vivo clinical research and vitro exploratory. It is increasingly being deployed across the drug development process, specifically in oncology therapeutic area. The advanced research and development facilities and new product developments of the companies are supporting the growth of pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) industry. Moreover, integration of pre-clinical MRI systems with other imaging modalities is also expected to propel the growth of the global pre-clinical imaging market in coming years.

Geographically, North America will be leading the global pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market in the coming years due to high volume pre-clinical research, entrenched infrastructure to conduct pre-clinical research, rising government funding, and easy availability and accessibility of resources. Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region in the global pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market; attributing to the growth are factors such as increasing government funding for development of pharmaceutical companies, and rising research and development activities by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the region. Moreover, the pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market is growing due to increasing number of contract research organizations in the emerging countries, such as India and China, of Asia-Pacific region.

Some of the companies operating in the pre-clinical imaging (in-vivo) market are Perkinelmer Inc., Mr Solutions Ltd., Mediso Ltd., Bruker Corporation, Trifoil Imaging, Fujifilm Visualsonics Inc., Biospace Lab S.A., Milabs B.V., Li-Cor Biosciences, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Agilent Technologies and Aspect Imaging.