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Medical Technology Business Europe is the first
website to focus on developments in medical technology from
a European perspective.
We'll cover all the latest trends and developments news, articles,
interviews, company profiles etc.
According to the European Commission, the medical equipment industry as a
whole in Europe is worth €41 billion in Europe. It's a core European industry, as crucial to Europe's future as
pharmaceuticals, aerospace or engineering.
Europe is also a global hub for innovation and development in medical
equipment — the EU is responsible for a sizeable proportion of all
world-wide med-tech research and product development.
Many of the world's largest medical technology vendors are headquartered in the EU,
and many more maintain major product development facilities here.
Our focus includes the latest clinical applications, new technology and
platform developments, health service and government policies, vendor
strategies and the latest changes in the industry.
Our perspective is Europe-wide, both at EU-level, across all the
major European national markets, as well as the emerging countries.
Target readership includes:
- senior clinicians
- medical physicists and biomedical engineers
- healthcare professionals
- procurement managers
- policy makers
- manufacturers and equipment suppliers
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The global medical equipment market is changing. Mergers and acquisitions
are at an all-time high.
Companies are adopting new, higher risk, strategies. At the same time,
new entrants are introducing disruptive technologies that could dramatically
undercut established manufacturers' existing product lines.
Users are also changing: they're demanding far more from medical
equipment. It's no longer enough for equipment to operate within a single
clinical specialty or modality: having invested heavily in national
information infrastructures, providers increasingly want medical equipment
to inter-operate with, and across, these evolving networks.
Growing shortages of professional staff, and growing complexity of
equipment is leading to the adoption of regional hub-and-spoke models for
specialist medical services right across the EU.
Governments are also looking to aggregate purchasing power through
national procurement strategies. At the same time, the balance of investment
is shifting from acute to chronic disease management.
One thing is certain: the European med-tech market is entering new and
uncharted waters.
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