The global blood preparation market is segmented by product type, and by blood thinning agents. By product type market is segmented into whole blood, blood components, and blood derivatives and the blood thinning agents further segmented into platelet aggregation inhibitor, fibrinolytics, and anticoagulants. Platelet aggregate inhibitors include glycoprotein Inhibitors, ADP Antagonists, COX Inhibitors, and Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors. Whereas, fibrinolytics includes Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA), urokinase, and streptokinase. Heparins, direct thrombin inhibitors, vitamin K antagonists, direct factor Xa inhibitors are anti-coagulants. Whole blood consists of red cells, granulocytes, plasma, and platelets. Blood components includes whole blood components, packed red cells, leukocyte reduced red blood cells, frozen plasma, and platelet concentrate.
