The document summarizes opportunities in the US healthcare market, particularly resulting from healthcare reform under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). It notes that the US market is the largest globally and is growing. ObamaCare aims to expand insurance coverage and reduce costs. This is driving demand for new technologies, services, and business models focused on prevention, home care, and integrating wellness. The document outlines market sizes and growth rates for key sectors like pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and digital health. It promotes a Finpro program to help Finnish healthcare companies explore opportunities in major US industry clusters.
13. Hospital Equipment and Medical Devices
• US medical device market constitutes 40% of global markets and is
estimated to top $200 billion in 2020
• The biggest segments are the orthopedic devices,
in Vitro Diagnostics (IVD), cardiovascular devices, and ophthalmic
devices
• During 2010-2020 the fastest growing segments are expected to be
the orthopedic devices, IVD, and hospital supplies
• Especially the patient monitoring device market is expected to grow
rapidly in the coming years
• Major drivers are aging population, high healthcare spending, early
diagnosis of diseases, high prevalence of chronic diseases, sedentary
lifestyle of US population, and health tourism
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15. Medical Device Market in the US
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98,6
123,9
164,4
220,5
0
50
100
150
200
250
2005 2010 2015 2020
Medical Device Market in the US, $bn
Source: GlobalData
CAGR
5.5%
16. Healthcare Informatics and Mobile Health
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• The global mHealth market is expected grow at a CAGR of 41.5% and to reach
$10.2bn by 2018
• US is the largest market for mHealth solutions with a size of $660m or ca. 50% of
the global market
• The monitoring services is the largest and fastest growing mHealth segment
constituting 60% of the total market followed by diagnostic services and healthcare
systems
• Cardiac rhythm management, sleep therapy and ambulatory ECG are the main
monitoring device segments – sleep therapy, blood pressure monitoring, glucose
monitoring and medication adherence are predicted gain more momentum
• Strong growth forecasted for mHealth applications while an additional emerging
field is the electronic records market
• Cloud computing, spread of smartphones, ease of use functionalities, rising health-
care spending, and demand for independent aging solutions and post-acute care
service are driving the growth of mHealth
19. The most important Health & Life Science Clusters in the US
Bay Area Life
Science Biotech,
Informatics, VC, Mobile
Los Angeles
Biotechnology,
Pharmaceutical,
Medical devices
Seattle
R&D, Drug
Development, VC, HIT
New York/
New Jersey/
Philadelphia
Pharma, Mobile,
Biotech, Medical
Devices, VC
Boston Biotech,
Pharma, VC, mobile,
devices, HIT
Florida
Bioscience, LifeScience,
Medical Devices
Raleigh
Durham, NC
Pharma & Biotech
Research, JVs
San Diego
Biotechnology ,
Mobile Health IT,
Devices, VC
DC, MD
FDA, NIH,I-
270 corridor
”NA Alley”
Atlanta
Bioscience
HIT
Chicago
Life Science
Denver:
Agriculture, Bioscience
Houston
Research
Indianapolis
Life science, implants
Minneapolis
Agriculture,
Medical devices