Chinese medical device industry investment Outlook optimistic

China has over 13000 medical device company, to help these medical device company jointly with the international financial crisis, seeks new development, recently, Beijing Collaborative Innovation Alliance and Beijing venture capital Association held the 2009 first China medical instrument investment development forum, inviting a number of venture capital institutions in charge of the face-to-face with medical device company.

Medical device industry affected by investors favor

INFINITY managing director Lu Tung Shing, 3 years ago, many investors think that our healthcare market is too small, not worth tracking and investment.

But from the beginning of 2008, the investment in healthcare investment case and the amount of investment has a substantial increase. "I believe, as China's economic stimulus plan and after the implementation of the health care reform, investment institutions in this area will pay more attention to this area of investment market is also growing. "He said, by 2010, China medical device industry market output is likely to reach $ 100 billion-2000, and will continue to grow, more than the pharmaceutical industry.

Lu Tung Shing combines the industry's analysis is of the view that the medical device industry's future investment hotspots will be minimally invasive medical devices, computer-related technology, family and health-care equipment, organ transplantation and auxiliary operation and hospital information management system.

However, he also pointed out that China's 13000 medical device company most of the smaller, the medical device industry overall low level of development, the enterprise profitability is affected.

From an investment perspective, merger, consolidation, is a more effective way.

Different stages of the project focus on different

Qiming Venture Partners Partner joined Qiming, he is the company positioned to invest early in the project, select early medical projects will first consider the project's area is large enough, then you want to visit the project team's ability to achieve the objectives.

Early medical projects, investors often do not see a real, so investors on the judgement of the project are often based on the judgement of the team, "people are very important factors," he said. Highland Capital Managing Director kuantai views on joined Qiming, he recognized that early in the selection of projects, you must take the time to investigate the ability of the entrepreneurial team.

Highland Capital apart from early projects, investment in advanced projects.

For medium-term projects, investors have been able to see some results, medical devices should start selling it, they will take into account the sales channels of distribution.

In our country, the medical industry sales model is not very transparent, investors have to spend a lot of time to investigate.

If investment advanced projects, investors first concern is price, but also to understand the company's financial situation.

Name of China growth fund of Dr. Zhu-far, said that the name of the Fund on the nation's medical devices industry have feelings, wishes to support the nation's medical device businesses to grow and develop.

But now, thanks to investment institutions in the field of medical devices in China is still in its infancy, the investor of the project by selecting hasn't found a particularly effective method, still in the finishing of induction phase.