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      PressRelease
       $3.7 Billion “Baby Business” to Grow 11.5%
       Per Year, As International Adoptions Soar.

       Tampa FL, October 13, 2000: Marketdata Enterprises, Inc., a market research publisher of service industry
  studies since 1979, released a new, first-ever 147-page analysis entitled: U.S. Fertility Clinics & Adoption Services.
  This is the ONLY business analysis ever performed of this service industry. It contains the latest CDC survey data
  and a custom survey by Marketdata. The study examines why demand is booming for adopted infants and for
  infertility treatment services, by millions of infertile couples and aging baby boomers that have delayed childbearing
  due to their careers. The study analyzes the business aspects of running an adoption agency or fertility clinic—how
  much revenues they gross, their profitability, expenses, treatment methods, emerging trends, regulatory
  environment, surrogate parenting, success rates of fertility treatments, and estimated dollar values of the various
  market segments.


      According to Research Director, John LaRosa: “There were 138,000 US adoptions in 1999. A typical adoption
  costs $15-30,000, is complex, emotional, and the field is loosely regulated, making abuses, bribes and hidden fees
  common, especially when adopting foreign children. Less restrictions in Russia and China are fueling demand by
  U.S. couples for Caucasian infants, which are in short supply in America. In addition, rising infertility rates and
  delayed childbearing, combined with new technologies, add up to strong demand for the nation’s 400 fertility clinics
  and 1,500 OB/Gyn specialists. There were only 187 clinics operating in 1990. ”


  Major Findings:


      Marketdata estimates the combined “industry” of adoption services and fertility treatment to be worth $3.7
       billion, growing 11.5% annually to 2004. Adoption services is a $1.4 billion business, fertility treatment: $2.25
       billion.
      There are 4,500 adoption “providers” in the US (2,000 private agencies, 500 adoption attorneys, 2,000 public
       agencies).   Private agencies are growing rapidly with increased international adoptions, and the number of
       attorneys involved doubled in the past 10 years.




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              A small adoption agency may gross $400,000/year, large ones $10+ million, and for-profit ones have 12-14%
               pre-tax profits. Fees to adopt range from $13-20,000 and have been stable for years.
              Adoption fees have been stable for years, ranging from $13,000 to $20,000. Only 20 or so agencies have
               revenues of $20 million or more.
              Fertility Clinics… An estimated 5-8 million US couples are infertile, but only 1.4 million seek treatment, due to
               high cost and other factors. There are 400 clinics across the US providing assisted reproductive technology
               treatment (cost:$10,000-40,000), and insurance coverage is scarce. The value of fertility drugs, diagnostic
               procedures, tubal surgeries, genetic testing, MD consultations, and inseminations is estimated at $2.2 billion,
               growing 9% annually to 2004.


           Below is a summary of the two segments of the industry at a glance:

           ($ millions)                               Adoption          Fertility          Combined Total
                                                      Services          Treatment

           1982                                           $619               NA                     NA
           1986                                            825               NA                     NA
           1988                                            NA               $979                   $1,847
           1992                                            955               NA                     NA
           1995                                            NA               1,573                  2,562
           1996                                           1,001              NA                     NA
           2000                                           1,448             2,256                  3,704
           2004 F                                         2,340             3,070                  5,410

           No. of potential customers                  1,000,000          6,100,000

           No. of adoptions/ART                         138,000             61,000
           procedures

           No. of agencies/ART clinics                    4,500               400

           Avg. revenues                                $321,777         $1,300,000

           Avg. cost per adoption/treatment           $13-20,000         $10-40,000

           NA – data not available this year.           Source: Marketdata Enterprises, Inc.


           Editor’s Note:

           John LaRosa available for interview, 813-907-9090. Fertility Clinics & Adoption Services is a 147 page
           market study that costs $1,495. A 21 pp. Overview is sold to the general public for $59. Table of
           contents available--Contact: Marketdata Enterprises, Tampa, FL (FAX: 813-907-3606), Email:
           marketdataent@yahoo.com, Web site: www.marketdataenterprises.com.) Study also sold via 5
           commercial online databases: Dialog, Investext, Marketresearch.com, Mindbranch.com., Multex.
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      Released: Oct. 13, 2000