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SAGE Sourcebook of Modern Biomedical Devices: Business Markets in the Global Environment is the first accessible, broadly available source of information that presents and quantifies the commercial success of numerous types of biomedical devices available in the global market. It is of great importance, for both the research and the business communities, to identify specific biomedical device types, per major therapeutic areas, most commercially successful in today’s global economic markets, such as in the biggest market (U.S.), in the Pacific Rim, and in the newly expanded European Union. Currently, such vital information is not available anywhere else, definitely not in a unified source and not in a detailed, well-substantiated, reliable, and easy-to-read form.
Latin American Markets for Orthopedic Devices
Latin American Markets for Orthopedic Devices
In 2005, the Latin American orthopedic device market, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, was valued at over $290 million. Strong growth of the aging population coupled with improving health care services will drive growth of the Latin American orthopedic device market. These changing demographics will particularly propel growth in the reconstructive and spinal implant markets. The trauma fixation device market segment, on the other hand, will expand due to an increase in the number of automobile accidents, which is attributed to poor road conditions and inadequate safety regulations. Nevertheless, because the majority of health care services in Latin America are provided by the financially strained ...
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