A Freedonia Research study forecasts 5.5% annual growth through 2014 for medical disposable products worldwide and predicts sales of such products will reach $169 billion. The study reports that developed countries combined will absorb more than 70% of this total, while demand in developing countries will expand faster as the availability
and accessibility of basic health care services improve.

Wound management supplies are expected to remain the top-selling group of medical disposables, with demand forecast to increase 4.6% annually to $30 billion in 2014.

World demand for non-woven medical disposables is expected to increase 4.4% annually to $25 billion in 2014.

And diagnostic and laboratory disposables are projected to register global demand of nearly $23 billion in 2014, up 7% annually from 2009, making them the fastest growing product type according to the study.

The “World Disposable Medical Supplies”study considers market environment factors, evaluates company market share data, and profiles 34 global industry competitors.