Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other major ministries and commissions are studying the formulation of policies and measures to accelerate the development of the medical device industry. This is one of the key elements of the recent industrial development of the relevant state departments special support is expected to be introduced within the year.
Additionally, according to informed sources, the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health are working together to formulate the "industrial revitalization and technological transformation special", the whole of the special support funds for 1.5 billion yuan, is expected to be introduced in July. Which clearly put forward to promote the industrialization of new products in the field of medical equipment and the application of new technologies, focusing on supporting the object, including the mastery of core components and key technologies of medical equipment.
Industry insiders pointed out that in the country vigorously support the development of medical equipment industry policy in the background, China's medical equipment independent innovation capacity will be enhanced, some key, **** the breakthrough of technology will be accelerated.
Product structure needs to be upgraded
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that there are structural problems in China's pharmaceutical industry. In the field of medical equipment, some major, multiple disease drugs and high-end diagnostic and treatment equipment has been dependent on imports. Core component technology can not be mastered, is one of the difficulties in China's medical equipment industry upgrade.
"At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology began to work on a work plan to accelerate the development of the medical device industry, mainly some guiding ideas, focusing on the long-term development of the industry. It is expected to be introduced within the year." The source revealed.
The medical device industry is an important part of the country's strategic emerging industries. It is reported that China's existing medical device industry includes 14,000 manufacturers and more than 40,000 distributors, with an annual market capacity exceeding RMB 300 billion, and the annual output value and market growth rate are above 20%. In addition, the latest data released by the Bureau of Statistics shows that from January to May this year, the output value of medical devices was 55.69 billion yuan, an increase of 20.6% year-on-year.
In fact, a reality that can not be ignored is that China's medical device sales in the world medical device market accounted for less than 3% of the share. This is very disproportionate to China's status as a major producer of light industrial goods, medical device innovation is the biggest problem in China's medical device industry. From January to May this year, China's exports of medical equipment products are also in a declining trend.
As early as the end of last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Social Development Division of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, Zhang Zhaofeng, director of the Department of Medical Devices, revealed that the medical device science and technology industry "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" has been formally included in the Ministry of Science and Technology, the focus of the special category. How to realize the innovative development, industrial upgrading, is the medical industry in the next few years facing the problem.
At present, the difficulty in promoting the optimization of the medical device industry chain lies in the combination of "industry, academia, research and application". According to Zhang Zhaofeng, the real combination of production, learning and research is the enterprise to become the main body of input, the university research and development of related technologies and enterprises to form a kind of benefit *** enjoy the relationship, and related core components manufacturers should also be able to form a kind of interest with the machine manufacturers.
Medical equipment industry space increased
Market participants believe that the development of China's medical equipment is firmly optimistic. Globally, the medical device market is facing the challenges of decelerating growth, lengthening new product development cycles and increasingly stringent regulations. In China, the expansion of health insurance coverage due to government funding and rapid economic development, the growth of the middle class, and the increase in disposable income of the population are all providing the medical industry with a broad space for development.
With the national "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Pharmaceutical Industry" proposing that new healthcare resources be tilted toward rural areas and urban neighborhoods, the demand for medical equipment in primary care facilities is also expanding at an unprecedented rate.
According to Ma Qiyuan, chairman of the board of Meishi Medical, the company mainly develops and manufactures its own innovative medical imaging equipment, and its main competitors are multinational medical giants. He believes that the development of medical devices is full of imagination in the process of promoting the construction of primary medical care in China. According to the company's survey, in the next five years, there will be 500 million people in the primary health care institutions to receive nuclear magnetic *** vibration equipment, *** counting the need for 50,000 units of equipment put into use.
At the same time, some medical device manufacturers also said that in the "12th Five-Year" period to strive for breakthroughs in a number of high-end products, in order to change the large three hospitals rely on imports of products.