Introduction

Pancreases produce an enzyme called lipase that is released into the digestive tract to help digest fats. For normal digestive function the concentration of lipase required is 10–73 units per liter (U/L) for patients over 16 years of age. Serum lipase testing is recommended to measure the amount of lipase in the blood.

Abnormally high levels of lipase in the blood indicate heath conditions including, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, celiac disease, and pancreatic cancer among others. Although, lipase testing can be used to monitor certain health conditions, it is predominantly used for initial diagnosis of pancreatic function.

Some of the common symptoms of pancreatic problems include, sever upper abdominal pain or back pain, fever, fatty stools, loss of appetite, significant weight loss and nausea.

Furthermore, lipase testing is also a prominent tool for measurement of lipase levels in biological samples for research on new drug targets for obesity and nutritional disorders. High level of lipase in the blood are indicative towards disorders such as, gallstones, bowel obstruction, celia disease, ulcers, gastroenteritis, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer.

Whereas low levels of lipase in the blood also indicates the presence of cystic fibrosis or chronic pancreatitis.

Rise in number of diagnostic testing, increasing prevalence of pancreatic disorders, rise in patient pool, changing lifestyle, rise in pancreatic cancer, increase in research for obesity and nutritional disorders are some of the factors that drive the growth of the market.

Furthermore rise in number of diagnostic testing to also support the growth of the lipase testing market. Lack of awareness, presence of alternative testing methods, need for confirmatory testing and high cost of testing are some of the factors that hinder the growth of the lipase testing market.

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Market Segmentation

By product type	Hepatic Lipase Pancreatic Lipase Total Lipase
By technology	Colorimetric/Spectrophotometric ELISA
By end user	Hospitals Diagnostic Laboratories Academic & Research Institutes

The North America lipase testing market is expected to be the dominant market in the global lipase testing market owing to the rising number of tests in the region. Although Latin America and MEA market for lipase testing is expected to be the least lucrative, a steady slow growth rate for the lipase testing market in the regions will continue during the forecast period.

Asia Pacific is expected to continue growth at a significantly high growth rate, since it is a lucrative region for the lipase testing market due to abundance of patient pool and rise in research and development.

Key Player operating in the lipase testing market are: Fitzgerald Industries International DIATEK Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Athenese-Dx Pvt. Ltd., Cayman Chemical, Merck KGaA, BioAssay Systems, MyBioSource, BioPacific Diagnostic Inc., Novus Biologicals, Creative BioMart, BioVision Inc., and others.