High-end medical apparatus foreign brands dominate the industry calls for policies to support domestic products (1)

In the recently held a "promoting technological innovation, assist enterprises to develop" thematic forums, some experts pointed out that China's annual spend millions of dollars of foreign currency from abroad to import large quantities of medical equipment, domestic nearly 70% of the high-end medical equipment market has been developed to carve up the company.

To this end, the Government purchase of guide to promote the development of domestic medical device industry is important, as the new health reform programme for the implementation of the import substitution might include inspection, treatment of health insurance coverage, to foster the industry enterprises have a role.

China's high-end medical equipment market "universal card" shows on the market, but in their own guochanhuo embarrassment.

This is not an alarmist. Just a little look is not difficult to find today, the hospital was the high-end medical equipment is almost a "foreign goods in the world".

Reporter, now don't say is provincial and municipal levels of tertiary hospital, is the second-most county hospital medical devices are imported, and street, township-level hospitals are also in line with the import of medical equipment, just in rural or remote area of some small and medium-sized hospitals lack the economic strength of domestic medical equipment.

Surprisingly, many hospitals and even dental treatment chairs and other general medical devices used are imports. Use the "westerly winds" describes an overwhelming medical device market in China is far too much. Why is there such a phenomenon in the industry believe that mainly in the medical device industry in China has not yet formed a landmark products, core competitiveness and internationalization of the brand. Some experts said jokingly: "only cotton gauze may at the international level has its own brand. "In fact, in the domestic medical equipment exports structure, surgical towels, massage apparatus, etc. is still the traditional projects. Furthermore, individual proprietorship, joint venture enterprises occupy an absolute advantage in export amount.

Foreign brand dominates

Admittedly, China medical device industries through more than half a century of effort, had a larger development, from basic blank after the liberation, development to production can now 47 categories, more than 3000 varieties, 1.1 million different specifications of the scale, you can basically meet national levels following hospital equipment needs.

However, as the world's largest medical device the potential consumer market, China medical device production enterprise quantity while exceeding 1.2 million homes, but market concentration than domestic pharmaceutical industry lower, each year only 600 billion industry GDP, accounted for only 2% world market share.

Data show that China's annual spend millions of dollars in foreign currency from abroad to import large quantities of medical equipment, domestic nearly 70% of the high-end medical equipment market has been developed by the Enterprise Pack, nuclear magnetic resonance, MR, CT, and other medical equipment market is mainly concentrated in GE, Siemens and Philips and other foreign companies.

A cardiac pacemaker, that of the year the demand for more than 1 million, whereas the market in more than 90 per cent are imported products.

In the field of medical electronic products, 90 per cent of the electrocardiogram machine market, 80 per cent, upscale monitor market, 90 percent of high-grade multi-channel, and physiological recorder market 60% of sleep figure instrument markets are dominated by foreign brands. While some of the personal home use of medical devices, because of its excellent quality, market share is very large. And domestic enterprises are mainly concentrated in massage apparatus, blood pressure measurement instruments and apparatus, and other types of low added value, therefore, our medical device company's overall level there is a big improvement.

Even in a pivotal position in the country of Shanghai medical equipment market and the lack of independent innovation products, excessive dependence on imported products, primary health care sector equipment behind.

Fellow of the Center in Shanghai recently organized by "promoting technological innovation, assist enterprises to develop" thematic forums, relevant experts, medical one, two, three categories of products, more high-end three products (such as implantable body of instruments), introduced only two percent. For example, artificial joints, tertiary hospital used are non-local products.

In addition, the lack of new universal product also "does not match the ocean".

Abroad, first-aid medical field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation apparatus use rendered popular trends: cardiovascular disease emergencies, if 10 minutes have not been adequate rescue measures mortality almost 100%. Because the United States has a large number of equipment is available for public to action "foolproof" cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment, patients in the hospital, where the success rate from past 1.4% to 31%. Last year the mass popularity of Japan first aid equipment, every 5000 community is equipped with a desk, and the density of the fire hydrants. On the research in this area, in addition to universities in China, currently only a leading enterprises made a prototype.