The global medical device market is expected to grow steadily between 2013 and 2018. In 2013, the market was valued at around $300 billion. Major challenges facing the industry include reimbursement reductions, new taxes, and regulatory changes. Device companies are responding by innovating new products, finding new markets, and acquiring competitors. The top 18 companies earn most of the global revenue, with Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, and Medtronic as the largest players by market share.
Kalorama Information Report - Global Market for Medical Devices
1. The Global Market for
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The fifth edition of Kalorama Information’s Global
Market for Medical Devices presents an industry
adjusting to challenges of reimbursement
reductions and new taxes. New product
innovations and mergers were part of the
strategies companies adapted in order to
compete. In the United States, the second year of
collections on the medical device tax began, and
the report describes the impact.
In Europe as well as the United States, reimbursement challenges and the threat
of new legislation loom. Emerging markets again helped to boost revenues
elsewhere, but even some emerging nations saw growth rate reductions. Device
manufacturers responded by boosting innovation and technology, finding new
markets, and buying each other.
As part of the market analysis in this report, the following is included:
Size and Forecast of the World Market for Medical Devices
Index of 15 Important Medical Device Players: Performance 2012-2013, International Sales Focus,
R&D Spending
Regional Breakouts for US, Europe, Asia and Rest of World Regions
Segment Markets (Catheters, GI, Orthopedic, MIS, Dialysis, Patient Monitoring, MRI, Ultrasound, X-
Ray, Medical Beds, IOLs, Infusion Pumps, Stents, Respiratory, Point of Care Testing Devices, Other)
Country Markets for US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Germany, China, Italy, France
36 Profiles of Key Medical Device Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Device Market
New Product Launches, 2013
Impact of US Medical Device Taxes
Company Market Share
2. Kalorama Information considers estimates of manufacturer revenues the most important and valid
methodology for business planning. In many of the largest device markets, Kalorama Information has already
conducted studies and has examined manufacturer revenue estimates, rendering the total market visible.
This report was assembled using data from Kalorama Information's previous medical device reports. Primary
and secondary research was used. Research into company annual reports, trade publications, government and
medical literature was used as a foundation. Interviews with executives at medical device companies were
conducted and are the key source of estimates.
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13. C H A P T E R O N E
Executive Summary
The fifth edition of Kalorama Information’s Global Market for Medical Devices finds a
market with tremendous opportunity for a range of device makers, but also a number of
challenges. In the United States, the second year of collections on the medical device tax began.
In Europe as well as the United States, reimbursement challenges and the threat of new
legislation loom. Emerging markets again helped to boost sagging revenues elsewhere, but even
some emerging nations saw declines. Device manufacturers responded by boosting innovation
and technology, finding new markets, and buying each other.
Because of the broad definition, estimates of medical device markets vary as any item
from a nuclear camera or catheter to a latex glove can be considered a medical device. It is a
scattered market in which hundreds of companies worldwide participate. Despite this, not more
than forty companies earn most of the revenue in the market and much of the revenue is earned
in a few key categories.
The medical device market in terms of revenues is not even half as large as the global
pharmaceutical market, though it sees many more transactions. This is due to pricing, as in
volume terms there are more units sold and more patients are impacted by the device market.
Although the largest component of the market is in the United States, the majority of sales are
non-US, and growth is occurring in other markets. Chapter Six of this report breaks down the
overall market by region.
20. C H A P T E R T W O
Introduction
DEFINITION
Medical devices include any instrument, apparatus, appliance, machine, contrivance,
implant, in-vitro device as well as any accessories or related components that facilitate any or
some of the following functions pertaining to a disease, injury, or condition of handicap:
diagnosis, prevention or monitoring, treatment. The following conditions apply to our definition.
It should be regulated by a state regulatory authority.
It should be intended for application in the prevention, diagnosis, and/or cure of
disease or other conditions such as an injury or a handicap.
It should not achieve any of the above intended applications by chemical action
and/or metabolism activity within or on the body.
REGULATION IN THE US
Classification of Medical Devices
Medical devices are typically classified into three classes based on the risk associated
with them. This classification was originally provided by the US Food and Drug Administration
(US FDA), and similar classifications are followed by major Asian countries such as Japan and
China.
These classifications signify the level of control required to ensure the safety and
effectiveness of the device. Consequently, manufacturers of the different classes need to adhere