HIV home test kits of oral swabs - a market study

Databases recommended :
Business Source Premier (Online guide in WMV File)
Factiva (Online guide in WMV File)
ABI/Inform (Online guide in WMV File)


To do a general search, try some of these search strategies in
Business Source Premier, Factiva, ABI/Inform, PERIND:

oral and swab* and (HIV or AIDS)
oral and test* and (HIV or AIDS)
oral and diagnos* and (HIV or AIDS)
oral and (home or over the counter or otc) and (test* or diagnos*) and (HIV or AIDS)
 

To do a more specific search on a particular product and reviews of the product, try these
in searches in Business Source Premier and Factiva:

Oraquick
OTC Aware Oral Fluid
Oraquick and (accura* or performance* or test*or review*)
...etc

To do a more specific search on these products in Singapore, try these in searches in
Factiva:

1. Click on Region.
2. At the Find Region search box, enter Singapore.
3. Click on Singapore.
4. At the Free Text search box, enter any of these search strategies:

oral and (home or over the counter or otc) and (test* or diagnos*) and (HIV or AIDS)
Oraquick
OTC Aware Oral Fluid
..etc
 

To do a search on HIV test kits used in Singapore, try these searches
in Factiva:

1. Click on Region.
2. At the Find Region search box, enter Singapore.
3. Click on Singapore.
4. At the Free Text search box, enter any of these search strategies:

(test* or diagnos*) and (HIV or AIDS)
 

For a search on the market players or competitors, you will have to do a company search.

Search for the company in relation to the healthcare industry or other competitors.

Use Factiva and try these searches:

1. Place your mouse on Companies/Markets.
2. Select and click on Company.
3. In Company Name search box, enter the company name. (eg. Pacific Healthcare)

Steps 1-3 will list all articles about the company but this search route does not allow you
to narrow your search to specific searches.

So, if you want to find out specifics of the company, do a search in the search box in the main
screen:

1. Click on Region.
2. In Find a Region box, enter Singapore.
3. Click on Singapore (Region changes to Singapore).
4. Enter any of these searches:

OraSure and marketing
Calypte Biomedical and marketing
...etc

To find company financial information for a listed company, search for the company name
in these databases:

Osiris (Online guide in WMV File)
Oriana
Factiva (Online guide in WMV File)
ISI Emerging Markets (Online guide in WMV File)
LexisNexis Academic Universe (Online guide in WMV File)
 

To find the SWOT Analysis Reports of a company, search for the listed company name
from these databases:

Business Source Premier
Investext Plus (Online guide in WMV File)
Factiva