The development of medical equipment gradually melts

In recent years, domestic high-end medical equipment and equipment have appeared in the domestic top three hospitals. Although the market share is not high, domestic-made medical devices have risen strongly compared with the previous heavy reliance on imports.
In the early days, the medical device industry was mostly concentrated in low-end products. High-end products have been sluggish due to problems in technology, capital, and long payback periods. In addition, domestic high-end medical equipment still has quality difficulties.
The small scale of the entire industry has also caused a gap with foreign products. According to the data of "China Medical Device Industry Report", from 2008 to 2014, the sales revenue and total industrial output value of my country's medical device industry increased year by year, but the growth rate was generally faster than The pharmaceutical industry.
However, with economic development and the increase in residents' disposable income, as well as the deepening of the reform of the medical system, the potential demand for medical devices will continue to be released, and the market capacity of medical device products will further expand.
The small market size is one of them, on the other hand, the enterprise scale is also small. According to statistics, the average output value of Shenzhen medical device manufacturers is only about 40 million yuan, and only 30 or 40 companies have hundreds of millions, which is far from the tens of billions of output value of foreign giants.
This situation of medical devices has specific historical reasons. Because the application of medical devices is based on western medicine, medical devices have only been introduced in modern my country. The development time is limited and the industrial foundation is weak.
In addition, the development of medical devices is closely related to the overall industrial level. At the same time, it is difficult to change the concept of "respecting foreigners" in hospitals. Many domestic high-end products are of high quality and low price. They can even be exported to developed countries, but cannot enter domestic hospitals.
In summary, the development of my country's medical device industry has three main characteristics. First of all, it is the characteristics of low, small, and scattered industries. Under the strengthening of supervision, a number of small and medium-sized enterprises will be eliminated, and industry concentration will increase.
Secondly, the products are mainly low-end and medium-end products, and there is a big gap compared with foreign countries in terms of production technology, equipment level, and production technology, and the product quality and performance are slightly behind.
Finally, the medium and low-end medical device industry is too dependent on foreign trade, a large number of products are exported, and the potential demand for the domestic medical device market has not been fully tapped.
Economic development will drive the upgrade of demand for medical services, leading to a significant increase in demand for health services, and the capacity of the medical device market will continue to expand. At the same time, under the general trend of medical informatization, the demand for medical devices will continue to grow.
For medical device companies to develop and grow, they also need to create high value-added development. Because the high added value of new medical device products is caused by the high investment in the research and development costs of the medical device industry.