Enterprise Europe Network
Sell or buy your technology through Enterprise Europe Network
The Enterprise Europe Network is the world's largest network connecting business within Europe. The Enterprise Europe Network is made up of close to 600 partner organizations in more than 40 countries. Through your local Network partners Syntens and AgentschapNL you can find international business partners, source new technologies and receive advise on internalization issues such as intellectual property, or EU law and standards. The services are specifically designed for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but are also available to all businesses, research centers and Universities across Europe.
For Noord-Brabant and Limburg, your regional contact person is Dr Ingrid Relou, innovation consultant Human Health Syntens and board member LifetecZONe (ire@syntens.nl).
Technology and business cooperation database
On http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/services/technology-market/healthcare or the dutch site http://www.enterpriseeuropenetwork.nl/technologiepartners/4000_vraag_aanbod.asp you can browse through the database of technologies sought and on offer. Would you like to offer your technology to Europe? Have you found an interesting profile and would you like to contact the profile owner? Contact Ingrid Relou (ire@syntens.nl) for more information or the profile owner's contact details.
Matchmaking Events & Company Missions
Regularly, Enterprise Europe Network organizes matchmaking events. This section will be updated soon. Upcoming events are:
1. Medica Brokerage: November
2. Biomedica 2010, The Netherlands
News & Facts
01-03-2010 New markets for Medical technology
The market proved resilient to the economic downturn in 2009...
The Czech Republic was one of the larger and richer former Soviet countries to join the EU in May 2004. Its regulation and trade rules are now generally aligned to EU standards. It is well-located in central Europe and had an estimated population of 10.2 million in 2009. Healthcare funding is largely public, and mainly through health insurance. Private spending only accounted for an estimated 12.1% of total health expenditure in 2009. Provision of care is also largely public; the Czech Republic has yet to develop a substantial private sector.
Responsibility for hospitals was devolved to local governments in 2003. This has shifted the burden of hospital debt to local authorities. Some are planning privatisations, although this is politically controversial and likely to be stopped by the national government. The country has a small but skilled manufacturing sector. Production is at the low to medium end of the technology scale, but is increasingly of good quality. EU membership has made the CE mark mandatory for local manufacturers. Local producers tend to concentrate on export markets: an estimated 76% of production is exported.
Around 80% of the medical device market is supplied by imports, which have risen rapidly in the past decade. In 2008, around one third were sourced from Germany. Other major suppliers were the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA. In 2009, the Czech market for medical equipment and supplies was estimated at US$1,489 million, or US$146 per capita. The market proved resilient to the economic downturn in 2009, and it is expected that the device market will continue to expand at a CAGR of 9.7% per annum, reaching US$2,370 million, or US$234 per capita, by 2014.
Published by Espicom Business Intelligence, The Medical Device Market: Czech Republic, Opportunities and Challenges, is ideal for executives wanting to understand the key drivers in the medical market and have access to a wealth of statistical data, including five-year market projections. Included with the report are 3 free quarterly updated outlook reports, enabling you to keep up to date with market developments for a year.
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THE MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET: ITALY
Italy's overall medical device market remains reliant on imported goods
Situated in southern Europe, the Italian mainland is made up of a northern section bordered by the southern Alps and a 500-mile peninsula stretching southwards into the Mediterranean Sea. Italy also comprises a number of islands in the Mediterranean, including Sardinia and Sicily. The provision of healthcare in Italy, in common with other western European countries, is advanced, with universal access. Being initially based on the NHS-model of the UK, the Italian health service is also facing similar scenarios, most notably efforts to restrain rising costs.
The Ministry of Health has embarked on a programme of large-scale investment in the health service. Investment is being linked to certain standards within healthcare provision; in particular is the new focus on preventative care. With the increased levels of investment it is also hoped that there will be parity in provision throughout the regions and that by linking investment to certain standards, disparity will be removed. The re-establishment in December 2009 of a dedicated Ministry of Health is an indication of the higher priority being given to healthcare in the wake of the swine flu epidemic and the ongoing financial problems in several regional health services.
The market for medical equipment and supplies was valued at US$8.5 billion in 2009, equal to US$141 per capita. Market growth is low with Italy expected to be one of Europe’s slowest growing medical markets over the next five years. Long payment delays have long been a feature of supplying to the public hospital market. However, in recent months there have been signs of improvement as a result of efforts to implement healthcare deficit recovery plans in the worst offending regions.
Italy has a sizeable medical manufacturing industry with a turnover in the region of US$5.0 billion. Despite a strong industrial presence in certain sectors, the overall medical device market remains reliant on imported goods, the value of which reached US$5.6 billion in 2007.
Published by Espicom Business Intelligence, The Medical Device Market: Italy, Opportunities and Challenges, is ideal for executives wanting to understand the key drivers in the medical market and have access to a wealth of statistical data, including five-year market projections. Included with the report are 3 free quarterly updated outlook reports, enabling you to keep up to date with market developments for a year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY, GO TO:
https://www.espicom.com/prodcat.nsf/Product_ID_Lookup/00000558?OpenDocument