Tales Of Three Medical Device Markets In China

26 Nov 2012

For device companies, China is proving to be a market replete with both immediate opportunity and significant risk. Here are several examples of how large device players are attempting to navigate this challenging new environment.

China’s medical device market has been a high performer over the past 10 to 15 years, driven largely by the rapid increases in both patients’ disposable income and government insurance coverage. That combination has led to aggressive expansion in China by device multinational companies (MNCs). (See Exhibit 1.)

Exhibit 1