The development of medical devices industry differs afar in developed countries and developing countries. In emerging markets like China and India, it is the economic growth that drives the expansion of market scale, but in most cases, the expansion just means the increase of market capacity. Comparatively, the developed countries’ market growth focuses on the new technology and the new product development. With the prevalence of digital technologies and new materials, a great change might happen to the current medical devices. As is expected, the annual sales of novel digital medical devices will hit more than US$100 billion in the following years.

Global Medical Appliance Market Demand Structure in 2008 
 

America, Europe and Japan are listed top three in sequence in the global medical appliance market. The overall market size of the three occupied nearly 78% of global medical devices market in 2008. The global medical appliance market size declined 0.4 percentage points to US$206.59 billion in 2008, but a rise of 6% from a year earlier. In 2008, the China’s medical devices industry achieved CNY69.435 billion of sale, merely 5% of global market scale.

The hi-tech medical equipment, a focus of competition among multinational corporations, is also one of the fastest growing industries around the world. With the improvement of the people’s living standard, the global demand for medical healthcare has been enlarging, which stimulates the investments of countries in such field. Currently, the hi-tech medical appliance market is monopolized by only few large multinational enterprises including GE, Siemens, Toshiba, Hitachi, HP and Philips etc. Chinese market is also occupied by those multinational corps. In addition, GE announced in 2008 that it would roll out five new products to meet the demand of Chinese rural basic medical treatment market before 2010. Wuxi R&D Center (China) answers for the localized design and production of the products. The China’s local enterprises have to face strong competition from the giants in the long run.

Market Share of Global Three Leading Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturers by Market Segment, 2008 (CNY100 million)

1. Global Medical Devices Market 
1.1 Global Medical Devices Market Scale 
1.2 Regional Distribution of Global Medical Devices Market 
1.3 Status Quo of Medical Devices in China 
1.4 Status Quo of Medical Devices in India 

2. Global Medical Electronics Market
2.1 Global Market Scale 
2.2 Global Market Layout
2.3 Medical Electronics Market in China  
2.4 Medical Electronics Market in India 

3. Global Medical Imaging Market
3.1 Global Market Scale
3.2 Global Market Layout
3.3 Medical Imaging Market in China 
3.4 Medical Imaging Market in India  

4. China Medical Reform
4.1 Reform Scale and Development Room
4.2 National Related Policies

5. Global and China Medical Devices Market Competition 
5.1 Market Division 
5.1.1 Global Market Division 
5.1.2 Chinese Market Division  
5.2 Top Three Manufacturers  
5.2.1 GE 
5.2.1.1 Company Profile 
5.2.1.2 Main Medical Products  
5.2.1.3 Operation 
5.2.1.4 Market
5.2.1.5 R&D
5.2.1.6 Production 
5.2.1.7 Medical Services  
5.2.2 Siemens  
5.2.2.1 Company Profile  
5.2.2.2 Operation 
5.2.2.3 Market  
5.2.2.4 R&D
5.2.2.5 Production
5.2.2.6 Medical Services
5.2.3 Philips  
5.2.3.1 Company Profile 
5.2.3.2 Operation 
5.2.3.3 Market 
5.2.3.4 R&D 
5.2.3.5 Production  
5.2.3.6 Medical Services  
5.3 Industry Entry Barrier 
5.3.1 Global Market Entry Barrier 
5.3.2 Chinese Market Entry Barrier 
5.4 Operation Mode of Top Three Medical Device Manufacturers 
5.4.1 GE 
5.4.2 Siemens  
5.4.3 Philips  

6. X-Ray Related Equipment Market 
6.1 X-Ray Equipment Market Scale in 2008 
6.1.1 Global X-Ray Equipment Market Scale in 2008
6.1.2 Chinese X-Ray Equipment Market Scale in 2008
6.2 Scale of Market Segment in 2008 
6.3 Market Forecast in the Next Three Years 

Selected Charts

Global Medical Devices Market Scale, 2006-2008
Global Medical Devices Market Demand in 2008 
Proportions of Above 65 Aged Population Worldwide, 1900-2050 
Global Medical Devices Market Scale, 2009-2011
Global Medical Devices Market Share by Region, 2008
Sales Revenue of China’s Medical Devices, 2006-2008
Import & Export Value of China’s Medicines in 2008
Sales/Output Ratio of China’s Medical Devices Industry, 2003-2008 
The Proportion of Medical Devices Market to Pharmaceutical Market in China, 2003-2008 
China’s Medical Devices Market Scale, 2009-2011
Indian Medical Devices Market Scale, 2006-2008
Indian Medical Devices Market Scale, 2009-2011
Global Medical Electronic Appliance Market Scale, 2006-2008
Global Medical Electronic Appliance Market Scale, 2009-2011
Medical Electronics Market Share of Major Regions Worldwide in 2008
China’s Medical Electronics Market Scale, 2006-2008
Major Medical Electronic Equipments in China, 2008
China’s Medical Electronics Market Scale, 2009-2011
Indian Medical Electronics Market Scale, 2006-2008
Indian Medical Electronics Market Scale, 2009-2011
Global Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2006-2008
Global Various Medical Imaging Equipment Market Share in 2008 
Global Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2009-2011
Global Medical Imaging Market Distribution in 2008
China’s Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2006-2008
China’s Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2009-2011
China’s Medical Imaging Equipment Market Share in 2008
Indian Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2006-2008
Indian Medical Imaging Equipment Market Scale, 2009-2011
Ministry of Health’s Examination and Approval Procedure for Large A Medical Equipments 
Global Medical Appliance Market Patterns
Medical Imaging Equipment Market Share of Three Giants in China, 2008
GE Medical Operating Revenue and Profit Trend, 2003-2007
GE Medical Operating Revenue Trend, 2002-2007
Operating Revenue and Gross Profit Margin Changes of Siemens Medical System Group
Siemens Expenditure on R&D, 2006-2007
Philips Operating Revenue, 2005-2007
Philips Growth by Dept in 2007 
Financial Statement of Philips Medical System Inc. (I)
Financial Statement of Philips Medical System Inc. (II)
Financial Statement of Philips Medical System Inc. (III)
Financial Statement of Philips Medical System Inc. (IV)
Global X-Ray Equipment Market Scale, 2006-2008
China’s X-Ray Equipment Market Scale, 2006-2008
Global X-Ray Equipment Classification in 2008
China’s X-Ray Equipment Classification in 2008
Global X-Ray Equipment Market Scale, 2009-2010
China’s X-Ray Equipment Market Scale, 2009-2010
Market Size of Various X-Ray Equipments, 2009-2011
Per-Capital Medical Devices Expenditure Among Countries in 2008 
Per Capita Medical Electronics Expenditure Among Countries in 2008 
The Central Government’s Planned Investments in Rural Medical Appliance, 2006 & 2008
The Number of China’s Major Medical and Healthcare Institutions, 2006-2008 
Optional Medical Equipments Schedule of Country/Township Hospitals
Optional Medical Equipments Schedule of County Hospitals
Optional Medical Equipments Schedule of County Hospitals
Optional Medical Equipments Schedule of Maternity and Child Care Centers
Optional Medical Equipments Schedule of County Chinese Medicine Hospitals