First, the United States
The United States is the leading manufacturer of medical devices. The United States has the world's best platform and environment for the development of medical devices, and it is also one of the most important original places and the most mature medical device venture capital market. The United States has the world-famous Mayo Clinic (the number one hospital in the United States) and the Da Vinci surgical robot developed by the world's most famous intuitive surgical company. It is worth mentioning that ntuitive Surgical is a component of the NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 indexes.
The United States is the world's largest medical device market, the market value is extremely high; due to the aging of the U.S. population, the trend of population obesity is obvious, the chronic disease and care market has expanded sharply; the consumption capacity of local health care products is strong; many local academic institutions support the high degree of innovation of corporate products.
It can be said that among the world's top medical device giants, medical device companies in the United States account for about half. According to the statistics of the European Union Medical Device Commission, the United States, the European Union, and Japan together account for more than 80% of the global medical device market.
The world-class medical device giants in the United States are as follows:
1) Medtronic: Medtronic, the world's leading U.S. medical technology company, manufactured the first portable in vitro pacemaker in 1957 and the first reliable implantable pacemaker in 1960. This established Medtronic as a global leader in pacing technology.
2) Johnson & Johnson: The world's largest and diversified medical and health care products and consumer care products company. Johnson & Johnson manufactures and sells products in a variety of areas, including the nursing care products, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices and diagnostic products markets. It has many well-known brands such as Johnson & Johnson Baby, Ludqing, Coco Li, Jiaoshuang, Bondi, Daknin, Tylenol and so on.
3) Abbott: Abbott is a global leader in the healthcare industry. Abbott brings cutting-edge technology to life and health, with leading products in the fields of diagnosis, medical devices, nutritional products, and pharmaceuticals.
4) GE Healthcare: GE Healthcare, one of GE Healthcare's four business groups, is a global leader in medical imaging, information technology, medical diagnostics, patient detection and monitoring, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceuticals.
5) Garnold: The first of the three giants of pharmaceutical equipment circulation in the United States.
6) BD Medical: One of the world's largest medical technology companies that manufactures and sells medical devices, medical systems and reagents. BD operates more than 10,000 kinds of products and is a world-renowned supplier of medical disposable products.
7) Baxter: Baxter was the first manufacturer in the world to industrially produce intravenous fluids (IV) and the first company to take the lead in launching a fully enclosed soft bag IV infusion system. Baxter is also a leading manufacturer of recombinant factor products for the treatment of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, as well as plasma proteins; Treatment of immunodeficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, burns, shock and other plasma products of acute and chronic blood diseases; Regenerative medicine drugs, such as biosurgical products, biological function repair, human skin disease treatment and repair, and adult stem cell therapy technology; And vaccines.
8) Boston Scientific: The world's leading medical products company. Boston Scientific International Inc. is a multinational company focused on the research and development, production and sales of micro-trauma interventional medical devices.
9) Cardinal Health Group: Is a global top 100 enterprises, specializing in health nutrition, health food research, production and global sales of medical and health multinational group.
10) Kehui Medical: The world's leading medical products company, Covidien is a global leader in manufacturing, sales and service products in various industries, distributed in three areas: medical devices, pharmaceutical products and medical supplies.
2. Japan
From the perspective of the world medical device market, as early as the end of the 90s, the size of the Japanese medical device market accounted for about 15% of the global market, although it later fell to about 8-9%, but it is still the second largest single country market after the United States. Japan's medical device industry has a long history, such as the world-renowned medical device giants Termaeu, Olympus Medical, Toshiba Medical, Fujifilm, etc. were founded before World War II. After World War II, the Japanese medical device industry achieved a breakthrough development and ranked among the world's advanced levels.
Unlike other countries in the world, Japan regards in vitro diagnostic equipment as medical devices, while reagents are included in pharmaceutical statistics, as a mechanical, optical, electronic and materials industrial powerhouse, Japan has a very comprehensive medical device industry category, can produce most categories of medical devices. The Japanese medical device industry is the best and most internationally competitive industry, and it has achieved breakthroughs in electronics, diagnostics, dialyzers, household medical devices, etc. since the 1970s and 1980s;
Japan's world-class medical device giants:
Telmo: Tyrmore has made many achievements in the field of global medical devices, especially in hospital medical treatment, and its catheter liquid tubes, artificial heart/lungs and other devices have a high market share in the world; And in terms of home medical treatment, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, urine test strips, etc. are well-known in the industry.
Nipro: Nipro is committed to the development and production of the world's cutting-edge medical devices and medical products, which stands at the forefront of global medical treatment and constantly challenges the cutting edge of life sciences.
Olympus Healthcare: Olympus Corporation, founded in 1919. In 1920, the microscope was successfully commercialized in Japan, especially in the field of cancer prevention and control, and the endoscope, which played an extremely important role, was first developed in the world by Olympus in 1950. Olympus Co., Ltd. has become one of the world's most representative companies in precision and optical technology, and its business areas include medical, imaging, and life science industries.
Canon Healthcare (formerly Toshiba Medical): The world's leading provider of medical imaging technology, Canon Medical Systems offers a full range of medical imaging technologies, including CT, X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, etc.
Hitachi Healthcare: A world-renowned Global 500 multinational group in Japan. Our business areas include energy systems, transportation systems such as railways that ensure safe and comfortable travel for people, innovative information systems that use big data, and health care that provides healthy living through health management, diagnostics, and medical technology.
Nippon Optoelectronics: The global leader in the optoelectronics market. It is worth mentioning that Japanese companies are pioneers in many fields of photonics, especially in the fields of information technology and display. Japan's top CO2 and YAG laser manufacturers are Amada, Daihen, Fanuc, Hitachi, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, NEC, NIIC, Shibuya and Toshiba.
Fukuda Electronics: Founded in 1948, Fukuda Electronics Co., Ltd. is the first company in Japan to develop a direct-memory ECG machine, and its market share of ECG machines is 60% in Japan. Japan Fukuda Kogyo Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of lung function meters in the world, and its lung function analyzers are sold all over the world.
Third, Germany
Germany has the world's second largest medical device industry after the United States, with about 170 medical device manufacturers, the vast majority of which are small and medium-sized companies. Germany was once the largest producer and exporter of medical devices in Europe, and is also one of the world's leading exporters of medical devices. It is worth mentioning that the export volume of German medical device products has surpassed Japan in the second place in the world, and about 2/3 of the medical device products produced by German companies are used for export.
Germany's world-class medical device giants are as follows:
Siemens: Founded in 1847, Siemens AG is a global leader in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. With outstanding quality and reliable reliability, leading technical achievements, it has established a leading position in the world.
Sartorius: The world's first production and sale of short-arm analytical balances. Sartorius is already a world leader in the fields of mechatronics, biotechnology and environmental technology. Invented: The first aluminum short-arm analytical balance (1870); The first ultra-micro balance with an accuracy of 100 millionths of a gram was included in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1971, creating the world's highest precision record and has always maintained it; Electronic balances using 40MHz high-speed microprocessing technology (1990); Super monomer sensors, Sartorius products all over the world, has gained a high reputation.
Dräger: Dräger is an international leader in medical and safety technology. Dräger is an international pioneer in medical and safety technology. As a family-run business, it has gone through its fifth generation and is globally listed in the DAX Index.
ZEISS Medical Technology: One of the world's leading medical companies, it is the only high-tech company in the world that can provide a full range of ophthalmic equipment, founded in Germany in 1846, it is the world's leading medical company with a history of more than 160 years. To this day, ZEISS Healthcare is still a major medical device company in Germany and even in the world.
Storth: World-renowned professional endoscope and instrument manufacturing company, medical device giant. The Carl Storz Group has 11 medical device manufacturing facilities worldwide and once accounted for 50% of the world's endoscopic device market.
Richard Wolf: Wolf is a full-service provider of endoscopy, providing a range of sustainable and innovative instrument and system solutions for minimally invasive surgery.
B. Braun Medical: Founded in 1839, Braun Medical is one of the world's largest suppliers of specialized medical equipment, pharmaceutical products and surgical medical devices. With a history of 170 years, B. Braun Medical is the world's leading supplier of specialist medical equipment, pharmaceutical products and surgical peripherals.
Albo: Is a well-known medical equipment manufacturer founded in 1851 and has a history of 166 years. ERBE produced the world's first electric knife in 1923. Its leading products high-frequency electric knife and argon knife are famous for the application of advanced microprocessor and sensor technology, Albo electrosurgical products have become the world's major medical institutions, medical training centers of the surgical standard configuration, the global medical academic field is also everywhere in the Albo professional and active figure. The company ranks among the best in the production and sales of high-frequency electric knives and argon knives in the world.
Fourth, the Netherlands
The Netherlands is recognized as a medical device powerhouse. In particular, the Netherlands has the famous Philips giant. In the previous Euro Health Consumer Index (Euro Health Consumer Index 2016), the Netherlands' healthcare system has been ranked first in the world for six consecutive years, and the European Health Consumer Organization has studied the health care systems of European countries, comprehensively comparing patient rights, treatment outcomes, rational use of drugs and medical services, etc., and the Netherlands is at the top of the list with a total score of 927 (a total score of 1,000), and set a record since the release of the index. The Netherlands has been awarded the title of "the country with the best healthcare system in Europe". It is worth mentioning that since 2005, the Netherlands has maintained the top three in the ranking of the "European Health Consumer Organization EHCI".
The Netherlands is also home to life sciences. The Dutch healthcare system is characterized by high quality, efficiency and orderly management. Innovative, quality and efficient healthcare is a testing ground and source of inspiration for the life sciences and wellness industry.
The Netherlands owns world-class medical device giants:
Royal Philips: The world's leading health technology company, it is committed to improving people's health and improving medical outcomes throughout the entire health care process, from the prevention of healthy lifestyles and diseases, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips will continue to introduce integrated and innovative solutions based on advanced technology, extensive clinical experience and deep consumer insights. The company currently leads in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring, health informatization, and consumer health and home care.
Nucletron, the Netherlands: The world's leading market leader in high-precision radiation therapy equipment, software or brachytherapy. Nucletron is the leading provider of medical devices to the global brachytherapy market.
Fifth, Israel
Israel is globally recognized as a medical device powerhouse, although it is a small country with only 8 million people. Israel is known for its strong innovation capabilities and developed high-tech industries, including the advanced medical device industry, which has a significant impact around the world. It is worth mentioning that Israel is the world's second largest supplier of medical devices, and there are 750 life science industry companies in the country, of which 55% are engaged in the research and development and production of medical devices.
Israel's medical device industry can achieve significant results that have attracted worldwide attention on the road to innovation. According to foreign media reports, there are many international venture capital companies active in Israel. Israel has become a "fertile ground" for the survival and development of start-up technology companies.
Israel's world-class medical device giants and companies:
MindUp: A digital health product incubator center in Haifa, Israel, co-invested by Medtronic, IBM, Pitango Ventures and RAmbam Medical Center. MindUP has focused its investments in artificial intelligence, big data, predictive analytics, telemedicine, precision medicine, wearable and implantable sensors, genomic analysis, hospital IT systems, and more.
MEDX Xelerator: Founded in 2016 in Tel Aviv, Israel, it was jointly funded by Boston Scientific, Knowledge Ventures, MEDX Investments, Sheba Medical Center, and others. The company specializes in the research and development of new medical devices and digital health products. The establishment of many Israeli medical device innovation companies has attracted the attention of major medical device manufacturers around the world, including Microsoft Investment Company, Becton Dickson, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Samsung, Philips, etc. have joined the technical cooperation with the Israeli Medical Device Incubator Center.
Given Imaging Technologies has developed a new globally original intraven capsule endoscope product, PillCam. In particular, the new generation of capsule-type endoscopes has greatly improved the clarity of taking photos, from the original 64% to 84%, can find tiny tumors of about 6mm in the intestine, and the diagnosis rate of intestinal adenocarcinoma has increased from 73% of the first generation of products to 79%.
Tutten's Tuttnauer: Tuttnauer is the world's leading manufacturer of autoclaves, and is recognized as a leader in disinfection and infection control in more than 100 countries around the world for its superior performance, unique design, and multiple safety protections.
Tirix Direx, Israel: The world's leading provider of medical devices and equipment. Direx Group is dedicated to the field of urology. DirexGroup and Initia introduced the Duet shock wave crusher in 2003, the only one that uses two shock wave sources that significantly reduces kidney damage and average treatment time.
Switzerland
Switzerland is considered to be a country that never lacks an aura: a famous permanent neutral country, one of the richest countries in the world, one of the most livable countries in the world, one of the countries with the longest life expectancy in the world, Switzerland was once known as the "Royal Anti-aging Holy Land of Europe", especially nine natural environmental indicators such as air and water have ranked first in the world. It is worth mentioning that Swiss medical technology has also been leading the world.
For example, GSMN Hospital in Switzerland has pioneered the analysis model of "human immune system - carcinogenic risk" in the world; GSMN Hospital is the only hospital in the world that can use IORT - intraoperative radiation therapy
Alcon: The training system of Alcon Surgical Products Division was once regarded as the Whampoa Military Academy for ophthalmic talents. Alcon was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. As a leader in the field of global eye health, the company brings a better visual experience to people in more than 140 countries and regions around the world through innovative eye surgery products, vision care products, dry eye drugs, etc.
Sonova Group: The world's leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions. Sonova is a brand of Fengli Company, which is currently the company with the largest market share of global hearing aids, and its children's hearing aids occupy more than 50% of the market share. Buzz Aldrin, the first of humanity's second lunar landing heroes, was also the wearer of Sonova. In 2015, the world's first hearing aid equipped with a Chinese speech processor was launched.
7. United Kingdom
The UK is a traditional powerhouse for medical devices. The UK's ability to innovate in the medical field is very strong. There were once 79 Nobel laureates in medicine from the UK, and half of the top ten in the global pharmaceutical innovation rankings have come from the UK. For example, the UK's joint surface reset technology (including bioremediation of soft tissues, 3D imaging and printing) and medical imaging research are at the world's leading level. For example, Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfiled, an electronic engineer in Nottinghamshire, England, successfully developed the world's first CT imaging diagnostic instrument in 1969.
It is worth mentioning that the advantages of British manufacturers lie in orthopedics, and they are also more prominent in imaging, diagnosis and cardiovascular equipment.
The size of the uk's medical device market is roughly the same as that of France, and its medical device product imports are much higher than exports, and the imports are mainly from the United States, Germany, France, Spain and other developed european countries. The UK is arguably the world's largest importer of medical devices.
Xerox: Smith & Nephew is a British multinational medical device manufacturing company headquartered in London, UK, with products sold in more than 120 countries. The company is an international manufacturer of advanced wound management products, arthroscopic products, trauma and clinical treatment products and orthopedic reconstruction products. Xerox is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
LivaNova: A global leader in cardiac surgery and neuromodulation. Formed by the merger of Sorin and Cyberonics. CRM is one of its three main businesses, which once accounted for 20.5% of its total sales, and the other two main businesses are: cardiac surgery (about 50.4%) and neuromodulation (about 28.9%).
VIII. France
France was once the second largest medical device market in Europe, accounting for about 16% of the total European market share. France ranks second in all aspects of the global medical device field (for example, the total number of data companies ranked fourth in the world; the number of companies with more than 250 people, the fourth in the world; the annual turnover of enterprises, the fourth in the world; the employed population, the fifth in the world; the investment in research and development, the fourth in the world), generally lagging behind the United States, Germany and Switzerland, and the strength of the United Kingdom and Japan.
The areas of strength of French medical devices include: prosthetics, auxiliary equipment, micro-invasion surgical systems, imaging diagnostic products, in vitro diagnostic products, medical electrical equipment, radiation therapy and diagnostic instruments, anesthesia ventilators, medical information technology, implant materials, medical textiles, etc. But overall, the Competitiveness of the French medical device industry is not high.
France's world-class medical device giants:
Essilor International: Is the world's leading ophthalmic medical device company. Essilo originated in Paris, France in 1849 and has a history of more than 160 years. Essilor focuses on the field of ophthalmic optics, and the lenses are completely integrated with human vision and optical technology, and are the world's leaders in the optometry industry. In 1959, Essilor created the resin lens, and in the same year invented the world's first progressive lens, naming it "Wanli Road". The Essilor Group invests 150 million euros annually in product development. There are 4 R&D centers, 16 production bases and more than 550 researchers worldwide. With more than 5,600 patents, it has been named one of the world's most innovative companies by Forbes for three consecutive years. The flagship brands of Essilor Group include Wanli Road ®, Diamond Crystal ®, Omnivision ®, Aizan ®, X-Power ® and Tyrannosaurus ®. From 2011 to 2018, Essilor was consecutively named one of the "100 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Forbes.
IX. Sweden
Swedish medical inventions are also eye-catching, such as artificial kidneys, transplanted pacemakers and respirators. Sweden has world-class universities and research institutions with a large number of research in the medical field at the world's leading level, with highly qualified researchers who can cope with world competition. In terms of drug development, Sweden has a world-renowned doctor's opinion collection mechanism and a large number of medical databases.
It is worth mentioning that in the field of medical devices, Sweden once had about 900 medical device companies, such as well-known companies including PHILIPS, GENERAL ELECTRIC, ABBOTT, HEWLETT-PACKARD, MEDTRONIC, SIEMENS-ELEMA, SUNSTAR, etc. have companies in Sweden.
Sweden's world-class medical device giants:
Sidil: Sidil is the world's oldest medical device company. For more than 170 years, Sidil has produced and sold high-quality surgical instruments and imaging operating tables to doctors worldwide. Sidil insists on providing a strong brand and is known for its excellent quality. We manage our business through two different business areas – Surgical Instruments and Imaging Operating Tables. All products are carefully manufactured in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Consistently at the top of the NASDAQ Nordic Stockholm exchange trading list, Sidil produces the most sophisticated, handcrafted surgical instruments that meet the highest requirements for perfect surgery worldwide. Founded in 1841, it is one of the oldest medical device companies in the world.
GAMBRO: A leading multinational company in the global medical device industry. Gambro is a global medical technology company that is a global leader in the development, manufacture and manufacture of products for kidney and liver dialysis therapy, myeloma renal dialysis therapy, and other in vitro treatments for acute and chronic patients.
10. Italy
The Italian medical device market ranks fourth in sales in the European Union. Italy has a relatively complete medical device industry, and its export value is much higher than the import value. Italy and Germany are listed as the two largest exporters of medical devices in Europe. According to relevant data, the total number of italian medical device industry enterprises is close to 4,000, with more than 76,000 employees.
It is worth noting that the number of women and high-quality research personnel in the medical device industry is much higher than the overall national average. The mainland once imported medical equipment from Italy mainly based on disposable consumables (other syringes, needles, catheters, etc.), color ultrasound, other man-made human parts, medical X-ray application equipment, and kidney dialysis equipment.
World-class medical device companies in Italy:
1. Esaote (Yum Medical): The world's first company to develop innovative technologies such as dedicated magnetic resonance imaging equipment (MRI) and fusion imaging, it is the world's leading manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and the global leader of internationally recognized dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Yum is also one of the leading companies in the field of healthcare information technology. Thanks to the significant contribution of The Subsidiary of Pie Medical Imaging, Yum has not only established itself as an industry leader in quantitative analysis software, but is also known worldwide for its CAAS products.
2. Bellco: Bellco is a leader in hemodialysis and in vitro blood purification systems, and its equipment can be used to treat kidney failure, multi-organ failure, sepsis and cardiac decompensation disorders, etc., and is committed to improving the kidney health of patients.
3. Lima Corporate: The world's leading medical device manufacturer providing orthopedic implant products. The orthopedic products offered by Lima Corporate include joint implants and a complete portfolio of limb implants, the core of which is the Trabecular Titanium technology.
4, Bosello: one of the world's leaders in the field of X-ray, the company manufactures X-ray industrial equipment for controlling product quality, such as in the automotive, aviation and food sectors. In addition, the company's manufactured X-ray equipment is also used in the medical and safety sectors. Every product of Bossello is designed and manufactured in Italy, from the structure to the special image processing software using the most advanced technology available. In early 2018, ZEISS acquired a majority stake in Bossello.
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