MANUFACTURING TRENDS: MEDICAL
“To me, that seems almost like a benefi t to the industry,” Curran said of the FDA’s guidance. “It’ll be faster for compa- nies to have 3D-printed devices approved, and that will spur innovation. I think that’s going to grow AM.”
Connected to the IoT If there’s one issue that industry observers can all agree on,
it’s that more devices will be part of the Internet of Things. “I think we’re going to see a lot more innovation with that in the next few years,” said Curran. “It’s an innovation that patients will interact with personally [which will grow demand].”
2008, while in 2014 the number was 21,518, a 55% increase, according to government fi gures.
“Especially low-volume, high-value devices [are made
there],” McDaniel said, including pacemakers, insulin pumps and glucose monitors. “From companies like Boston Scien- tifi c and Medtronic.” McDaniel said this growth in the number of manufacturing employees in the Midwest is occurring along with stability or shrinkage on the East Coast, Boston in particular. Curran agreed, and cited the Minneapolis-based Mayo Clinic as a catalyst for device manufacturers who want to be close to health care providers who can test their products and, along with consumers, buy them. PwC’s Lewis
This image shows a small section of the fi rst several layers of a 3D-printed hyper-elastic bone sheet.
Demand from the public is rooted in psychology and con- sumerism, in Curran’s view. Consumers feel more in control of their health through the use of connected devices, and view unconnected machines as outdated, he said. There’s also demand created by aging baby boomers with the need to diagnose, treat and monitor their chronic heart and kidney and diabetes.
Lewis said: “That part of the marketplace [IoT devices] is going to grow a lot faster than things like AM.” He expects growth particularly in devices that monitor vital signs and other sensing and monitoring functions like diabe- tes management; total patient management and adherence; and data collection and analytics for use in population health.
Growth in the Midwest?
McDaniel said she expects to see more growth in medi- cal manufacturing jobs in the Minneapolis-Chicago corridor, particularly in Minneapolis, where the number of employees grew even during the Great Recession. In Minneapolis, there were 13,859 people employed in medical manufacturing in
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thinks the Minneap- olis-Chicago corridor is holding its own, while California and the East Coast are not. But there’s something else at play, he said.
“When you talk about equipment, we see more move- ment outside the US instead of selected places in the US,” he said, citing increased production in countries like Mexico, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia and China.
Competition from South of the Border Curran said he expects to see increased competition for American medical manufacturers from Mexico. “The Mexican medical device industry is expected to
grow signifi cantly in the next fi ve years,” he said. “In Mexico, there’s been higher incidences of health concerns, a lot of diseases are increasing there, and the population is aging. So they’re actually growing their medical device industry.” Curran said to look not only for increased competition
from south of the border, but to expect continued competi- tion from China, Germany and Japan, the current biggest medical products exporters to the United States. Despite the competition and the challenges faced by medical manufacturers in the United States, the country is still the No. 1 device manufacturer, McDaniel said.
Photo courtesy of Adam Jankus, PhD
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