TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– Describes the history and development of biosensors and their commercial application.Design/methodology/approach– Provides background information on different forms of biosensors and how they can be brought to market. This review is edited from a very detailed market research report “Medical and Biological Sensor and Sensor Systems: markets, applications and competitors worldwide”.Findings– Finds that the commercial potential for biosensors is very large and is expected to reach US$ 2.3 billion worldwide in 2005.Originality/value– The full market research report provides a detailed insight into biosensors and how they are made and the various application areas, together with discussion regarding a large number of vendor and research companies. VL - 25 IS - 4 SN - 0260-2288 DO - 10.1108/02602280510620060 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02602280510620060 AU - Smith James P. ED - Hunor Santha PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/01/01 TI - Medical and biological sensors: a technical and commercial review T2 - Sensor Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 241 EP - 245 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -