The next 10-15 years ushered in the rapid development period of medical devices

Medical device industry is the new health reform policy maximum of beneficiaries, with economic development, increase investment in health, population ageing and the State of the medical device technology innovation support, equipment industry development potential is huge, the next 10 to 15 years will usher in a rapid development of the "golden age".

28 November at the China medical device industry Summit Forum of scientific development, the experts on the future development of the medical device industry full of confidence, and that the current should increase research and development investment, improving the ability of independent innovation, and improve product quality, strengthen after-sales service.

Chinese medical device industry since the 1990s is sustained and rapid development trend, particularly in recent years, due to medical device product quality strict supervision, on the order of the strict specifications of medical devices market, medical devices and technology innovation support, enabling the country's medical devices industry development speed speeding, product quality is constantly improving.

Jiang feng, China Medical Association said at the meeting, according to industry estimates, in 2008, the gross output of the entire industry to achieve 2200 billion yuan, an increase of 15%; industrial sales 2100 billion yuan, an increase of 15%; profits of over $ 20 billion, an increase of 14%.

At the same time, we should see, China medical device industry in a late starter, basic, and medical device company is small, and scattered and low level of competition is not yet fundamental changes.

NPC Vice Chairman Jiang zhenghua noted that equipment industry is the main problem is the number, size, technology and brand, the ability of independent innovation. Speed up the medical device industry development of market-oriented process, medical device companies and medical device product of the survival of the fittest, strengthening of medical device standard construction, is the realization of the medical device industry in the fundamental direction of sustainable development.

Jiang feng, provided, the end of 2008, the national medical machinery manufacturing enterprises achieve 13,141, including non-public types representing more than 99%.

In this 13141 enterprise value of over 1 billion enterprise only about 120 companies, more than half of them are foreign-owned, joint ventures. The small size of the enterprise, the lower the concentration; research and development investment is not enough high-end products; ability to innovate, and do not form a production system is the current instrument industry problems.

The hospital instead of the medical device industry brings unprecedented opportunities for development.

Jiang said that health reform the health care market is expanding rapidly, while at the same time, the Government increased the costs of treatment, the share of more facilitated the development of the field instruments. In addition, the rise of national industries, the promotion of innovation policy and regulatory measures are conducive to the development of instrumentation industry. In his view, the new health reform policies, innovative large device and configure the two network construction is the most beneficial products.