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USA Johnson & Johnson has been building its medtech arm and creating a differentiated pipeline through strategic M&A, an approach that generated USD 30.4 billion in medical device sales last year, representing growth of 12.4 percent. The company has now acquired Shockwave Medical, bringing its IVL technology on board for USD…

Global The world’s top 10 medical technology companies for 2022 according to Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO). Abbott leads the way, followed by Medtronic, J&J, and Siemens Healthineers. Recent PharmaBoardroom interviews with some of these companies’ leading executives include Hugo F. Villegas, SVP & President, Canada & Latin America at Medtronic, Eman…

Belgium Marnix Denys of beMedTech – the Belgian association for the medical technology industry – outlines the agenda priorities for the organisation that he hopes will lead to a more value-driven and sustainable healthcare system. He calls for greater recognition from policymakers on the role that medtech can play in this…

Korea A roundup of some of the most important recent stories from the burgeoning South Korean pharma and biotech industry, including a government plan to expand collaboration with the global innovation hub in Boston, US; a list of some of the country’s most important biotech companies; and Medtronic’s move to purchase…

Greece Country managers from three leading medtech multinationals give their take on the key access challenges facing medical device companies in Greece.   New Access Models “While some value-based procurement agreements have been struck in the private sector, we are struggling to gain acceptance for such agreements in the public sector.…

Korea While the Korean medical device market dropped in size in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it rebounded in 2021 to reach a record breaking height of USD 7.9 billion. Local production and exports are also experiencing significant year-on-year growth rates, as the below chart shows.   Made…

LatAm Latin America is a rapidly growing market for the global medtech industry, offering significant opportunities. With a population of over 650 million people, the region boasts a large and growing middle class that are showing increasing demand for high-quality healthcare services and medical technologies. In recent years, the Latin American…

UK Bernard Ross, a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ senior experience at private and public board level across multiple industries, looks ahead to 2023 and highlights five key trends to watch in the medtech space. With the COVID-19 pandemic having fast-forwarded the adoption of medical device innovations to solve…

China A roundup of some of the biggest recent stories from Chinese pharma, including Moderna’s refusal to divulge its mRNA IP, Advanced MedTech’s acquisition of urology leader WIKKON and Menarini’s AMR deal with SciClone Pharmaceuticals.   Moderna holds onto its vaccine IP and refuses tech transfer in China (Financial Times) Moderna…

MEA The Middle East and Africa (MEA) medtech market is expected to grow from a value of USD 16.6 billion in 2019 to USD 21.8 billion at a CAGR of 3.6 percent by 2027, according to Business Market Insights. Read on for five crucial trends impacting MEA medtech and how the…

MEA On International Women’s Day 2022, Inna Nadelwais, executive director at Middle East and Africa medtech trade association Mecomed, examines the road still to travel towards true gender parity in the MEA medtech workforce, and why diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace benefits all parties.   The MEA region continues…

Saudi Arabia The Saudi medtech market was valued at USD 2.25 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach USD 3.87 billion at a CAGR of 9.5 percent by 2023, according to Market Research Future. Like other parts of the Saudi healthcare continuum, the country’s medtech industry is extremely dynamic and changing…