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
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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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
In the largest study of its kind, a new report from MD+DI and ITG Market Research finds that 30 % of medical device companies think outsourcing is essential. But the priorities of OEMs will shift from manufacturing to contract legal, regulatory, and design services.




