Regulatory pressure, healthcare reform, along with protecting intellectual property and time to market, are the issues that Med Device Professionals are most concerned about over the next 5 years. In fact, 30% percent of respondents characterized the medical device tax as “very concerning” while 28% echoed the same sentiment for healthcare reform.
- Medical Device Landscape Outsourcing Study, Current and Future Trends: 2013-2018 from MD+DI and ITG Market Research

To offset rising costs, nearly 60% of companies are looking for opportunities to redesign products for more-efficient manufacturing and build sustainability efforts into their business.
- Medical Device Landscape Outsourcing Study, Current and Future Trends: 2013-2018 from MD+DI and ITG Market Research

43% of Med Device Professionals indicate that their strategy will be to expand product offerings into new markets.
- Medical Device Landscape Outsourcing Study, Current and Future Trends: 2013-2018 from MD+DI and ITG Market Research

Samsung leads all manufacturers in Android device sales in 2012 and Android is the dominate Operating System platform in units sold each month over both iOS and Feature Phones. View chart

Source: ITG Market Research – Mobile Handset Report, July 2012

With the iPhones (all 3G) dominating the top selling spots, 4G handsets from the other OEM’s are rising and comprise nearly 20% of the new smartphone sales.
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Source: ITG Monthly Handset Report – July 2012

Samsung has wide breadth of products (Smartphones and Feature Phones) and is available at nearly every carrier, while Apple was strong all year in iPhone sales through the top 3 US carriers and all 3 Canadian carriers.View chart

Source: ITG