2007 market figures (estimated):
Total market: USD 4.1 billon
Total imports: USD 2.5 billion
U.S. import market share: 61%
- Switzerland is an attractive, demanding and diverse market with one of the best national health care systems in the world.
- Switzerland spends 11% of GDP on health care, the highest percentage in Europe.
- U.S. equipment and supplies enjoy a good reputation and interchange in procedures and techniques are considerable between the two countries. These factors create a strong demand for U.S. equipment and supplies.
- U.S.-made products that are on the cutting-edge of technology have strong market potential.
The best sales potential for U.S.-manufactured medical equipment is in the following areas:
- quality home health care, outpatient and rehabilitation equipment
- advanced diagnostic systems (computer tomography, imaging systems, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) scanners)
- monitoring and intensive care equipment (X-Ray and Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI)
- sophisticated, computerized equipment and software
- cardiology equipment
- orthopedic devices
- clinical laboratory equipment
- in-vitro diagnostic products
- disposables, surgical consumables