European Medical Device Markets Report 2018: Specific Device Markets, M&A, Bellwether Companies by Country, 2017-2022

Dublin, May 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "European Medical Device Markets (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Other Markets)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The heavily regulated European medical device industry has unique challenges and opportunities. Devices need to be approved for reimbursement and prices are negotiated by governments. Companies in the field must make constant research and development investments to produce the innovations that drive market success.

As part of its extensive coverage, European Medical Device Markets contains an overview of medical devices and relevant regulation in European markets; market size estimate and forecast to 2022 for the European market and individual country markets, including Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and others; an index of bellwether device companies; markets for specific categories of medical devices; a look at market drivers and limiters; and company profiles of major device concerns.

Mergers and Acquisitions

In this increasingly competitive market, medical device companies have been very active with acquisitions. It often goes beyond the desire to acquire novel technologies. Medical device companies are seeking strategic acquisitions to fill gaps in their portfolios in a manner that will help them offer more complete solutions. There is a trend toward consolidation, driven in part by the necessity to reduce costs as pricing pressures mount from hospital customers.

The report provides details of recent transactions in the market, including:

Specific Device Markets

With respect to specific device markets, the report provides descriptions of some selected device areas and discusses important market dynamics specific to those areas.

Bellwether Companies

For the purposes of this study, this report has identified fifteen medical device companies with a diverse enough product range, significant revenues and performance to provide insight into the European medical device industry. The companies offer diversified product offerings, spread across several segments or subsegments of medical device participation.

Revenue performance and R&D spending for these bellwether companies is provided:

Market Analysis, Including Market Indicators by Country

The coming years will test the strategies of device companies to innovate and develop markets, with some of the traditional sources of revenues challenged as reimbursement reduction schemes in Europe disrupt even the most innovative of device companies that are able to develop products that can command higher prices.

Growth, however, is expected to be stable and increasingly climbing; with a slow rate of growth expected initially, followed by increasing revenue growth as European markets make strides in healthcare delivery and economic recovery becomes visible later in the report's forecast period. European Medical Device Markets looks at market revenues and trends, including:

European Medical Device Markets also examines market indicators by country, looking at medical device market size for 2017, medical device market CAGR for 2017-2022, total population, aging population, urban population, health spending, health resources, health status, and leading causes of death for the following countries:

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3. Mergers and Acquisitions

4. Specific Device Markets

5. Bellwether Companies

6. Market Analysis

7. Company Profiles: Bellwether

8. Company Profiles: Other Market Participants

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