MEDICA 2006

Düsseldorf, Germany 15 - 18 November 2006
 

CADI SCIENTIFIC participated in MEDICA 2006, the world's largest medical fair. This event was held at Messe Düsseldorf Germany from 15 November to 18 November 2006.

About MEDICA and ComPaMED 2006: 

The world’s largest medical fair MEDICA plus ComPaMED, the leading international trade fair for upstream supplies in medical production, have impressively confirmed their position as the global hub in the medical sector. Over the four days of the fair (ComPaMED three) organisers registered a total of 137,500 trade visitors including those attending the accompanying MEDICA Congress and the German Hospital Conference “Deutscher Krankenhaustag” (2005: 137,100). Around 40% of visitors came from abroad with a rise in trade visitors particularly from the new EU states.

The 38th World Forum for Medicine showcased the entire spectrum of new products, services and procedures for use in doctors’ surgeries and clinics. Alongside the traditionally very popular fields of medical technology and electro medicine, this time physiotherapeutic procedures and medical IT were also in greater demand. MEDICA also once again justified its reputation as a sectoral event for decision-makers. Almost 90% of trade visitors have at least a consultative say in relevant investment decisions and around 70 play a determining or co-determining role in decision-making. And reflecting this, many exhibitors reported encountering a generally investment-friendly trade audience.

“Many of the innovations presented at MEDICA and ComPaMED improve patient care, tighten up treatment procedures and thereby help to relieve the burden of costs. It is clear the industry is being pushed to attain a truly high level of performance by the challenges set by government health policies,” commented Wilhelm Niedergöker, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, stressing the quality of the range on offer at the fair. This view is also confirmed by a study published to coincide with MEDICA by the Technical University of Berlin, corporate consultants Droege & Comp. and the industrial association SPECTARIS. According to the study, the use of progressive technology in the German healthcare system could save almost one billion euros.

Performance-related insights – specifically also from German research and development in the field of medical technology – were already conveyed in MEDICA’s opening event during which German Federal Minister for Research Dr. Annette Schaven awarded this year’s prize-winners of the “Innovation Competition for the Promotion of Medical Technology”. Winners, for instance, included projects from Duisburg-Essen University (high-resolution full-body scans), Bochum University (photo-acoustic imaging for the early diagnosis of breast cancer), the Medical Clinic Berlin (a special filter system for removing antibodies from the blood) and TemplaTech GmbH Darmstadt (treatment of bladder infections with silver ion implants). MEDICA’s Special Show MEDICA VISION held in Hall 3 hosted all winning projects and gave visitors the chance to exchange ideas with the researchers involved in the developments.

Source: http://www.medica.de 

For more information, visit the MEDICA website.