(PharmaNewsWire.Com, September 06, 2019 ) Medical devices are made of metals, such as stainless steel, aluminum, and ceramic. Many of these materials are not compatible with body tissues and fluids and can cause complications such as infections and blood clots. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 2,000,000 patients contract hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) every year in the U.S., resulting in 100,000 deaths; HAIs cost the U.S. healthcare system an estimated USD 45 billion annually.
In addition, according to the European Centre for Disease, around 4,131,000 patients suffer from healthcare-associated infections every year in Europe. Rise in incidence of HAIs is a major challenge for healthcare providers; therefore, antimicrobial coatings have gained importance in recent years.
Factors such as rising awareness about HAIs, favorable research and funding environment, technological advancements, growing implantable devices market, increasing research and development activities for antimicrobial-coated cardiovascular devices, high growth in geriatric population, and increasing burden of cardiovascular diseases across the globe are driving the growth of the medical device antimicrobial coatings market.
However, certain barriers such as limitations of silver ion coatings, time- and resource-intensive processes for development and approval of antimicrobial coating products, and unfavorable healthcare reforms in the U.S. are hindering growth of this market.
The antimicrobial coatings market for medical devices is marked by the presence of well-established firms as well as smaller firms. Some of the prominent players in the global antimicrobial coatings market include BASF SE (Germany), AST Products, Inc. (U.S.), BioInteractions LTD (U.K.), Covalon Technologies LTD (Canada), Sciessent LLC (U.S.), Royal DSM (Netherlands), Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. (U.S.), The Dow Chemical Company (U.S.), Hydromer, Inc. (U.S.), and PPG Industries, Inc. (U.S.).
This report provides in-depth assessment of the business models of leading companies (Specialty Coatings Systems, Inc. (SCS), Royal DSM, Hydromer, Inc., PPG Industries, Inc., and BASF SE) operating in the antimicrobial coatings market for medical devices. Manufacturers, start-up firms/entrepreneurs, resellers/channel partners/distributors (citing backward integration), market research & business consulting firms, and venture capitalists/investment firms are some of the key stakeholders who are likely to benefit from the business models of market players.
The research findings cited in this report encapsulate activities associated with designing a business, purchasing raw materials, manufacturing of products, finding and reaching customers, transacting a sale, distributing a product, or delivering a service. Manufacturing capabilities, R&D capabilities, logistic capabilities, distributor/supplier/sales channel networks, marketing & promotional activities, key resources, value propositions, key growth strategies, customer orientation/customer relationship management, pre- & post-sales services, customer segments, offices & warehouses, cost structures, and revenue streams, among other factors are some of the key attributes that are discussed at length in this report.
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