Sunday, January 11, 2015

Rethinking 2014: Planning 2015

When rethinking about 2014, some consulting companies already have stats that show how the medtech industry performed last year.

Source: mddionline.com

            The results show a solid industry, with more than $380 billion worldwide sales, 5% sales growth rate and almost 10% of return on investment.

            As for 2015, the industry in the United States is still adjusting from the new tax on their medical device sales and the European sector is suffering from its internal pressure (see our last blog entry). So it seems like emerging markets are still an attractive type of investment: Asia represents more than one-sixth of the world’s medical device market and one should expect a double-digit growth in markets such as Mexico, Brazil and Malaysia thanks to increasing healthcare spending. “Expect more device companies to focus on these import-heavy markets, with Latin America and the Middle East as the most important growth sources for medical device manufacturers.”



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