Inhaltlich deckt der Guide to German Medtech Companies 2019 die gesamte Bandbreite und Wertschöpfungskette medizintechnischer Produkte und Gesundheitsdienstleistungen ab. Gemeinsam mit ausgewählten Mediapartnern wird eine globale ganzjährige Verteilung auf internationalen Veranstaltungen, Kongressen und Messen der Gesundheitswirtschaft und Zulieferindustrie gewährleistet. Neben den Unternehmensprofilen stellen sich die Kooperationspartner des Werkes vor;u.a. Germany Trade & Invest, BVMed e.V., Medical Valley EMN e.V., Life Science Nord, MedicalMountains, SPECTARIS, Forum MedTech Pharma, IVAM, und VDMA. Ein umfangreiches Firmenregister ergänzt das englischprachige Werk.

The medical technology sector is a well-established pillar within the healthcare industryin Germany and one of the major drivers of the country's export-driven economicgrowth. This also puts German companies in a good position to go through aperiod of change due to more challenging requirements on the regulatory side. Germancompanies have shown constant growth and record turnover. This year morethan 30 billion euro of revenue will be generated. Among the reasons for this succesare the very German-like combination of tradition and inventiveness, focus on qualityand efficient engineering know-how, resulting in continuous development of innovativemedical products and new beneficial services. Another of the sector'sdrivers is its ability to cross-link with the pharma, biotech, IT and manufacturing sectors.These industries are discovering the digital opportunities of e-health, the combinationof drugs with medical devices, the opportunity of artificial intelligence andmachine learning. The German health related technology sectors are thus very muchprofiting from a close relationship between all players in the healthcare sector.With the fourth edition of our "Guide to German Medtech Companies", BIOCOM AGfollows this development, highlighting the broad competences of the Germanmedical technology sector. The Guide offers a diverse picture of companies - frommedical device developers to manufacturers, service providers, and organisations.In addition, the most recent developments in the German medtech sector are summarisedin the introduction.The Guide to German Medtech Companies is supported by our partners GermanyTrade & Invest, BVMed e.V., Medical Valley EMN e.V., Life Science Nord, MedicalMountains, SPECTARIS, Forum MedTech Pharma, IVAM, and VDMA. These nationalorganisations and regional networks are important stakeholders, helping toestablish further growth of "medtech made in Germany" by providing the right environmentfor traditional family-owned firms, global players, start-ups, technologicalforerunners, manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers.As this book will be distributed across many international medtech events in Europeand overseas, it will definitely provide strong visibility of German medical technologycompanies on an international level. Distribution is further supported by logisticsspecialist UPS. The publication is also available for free via our BIOCOM AGapp. Either as electronic version or as printed copy, it will surely become a musthaveon the desk of every professional in the German healthcare industry.