Medical related markets

Manufacturers, sales agencies, dealers, hospitals

I Structural Changes in Medical Related Industry

• The industry is required to cast off from suppliers point of view to solve financial resource issues
• Companies from different industries are driving for structural changes in medical market

II Outsourcing Business in Distribution of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

• Among large pharmaceutical companies, Shionogi followed by Tanabe Mitsubishi has started outsourcing of pharmaceuticals
• Companies including Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation, Itochu Group, Hitachi Transport Systems, CollaboCreate undertake distribution for pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
• Those companies try to differentiate from each other by providing value-added services such as to delivery of investigational products, and by developing networked operations.
• With competitive bidding system used in many cases, profitability is likely to decline.

III Mail-Order Business of Medical Materials

• The market has been precedingly formed for dentists and animal hospitals.
• Mail-order business attract attention due to its secondary effects

IV Secondhand Medical Devices Distribution Business

V Conditions of Leading Medical Device Dealers

VI New/Remodeling Status/Plans at Leading Large-Scale Hospitals

VII References