Disposable Medical Supplies

US demand for disposable medical supplies is forecasts to expand 4.1 percent annually to $49.3 billion in 2018. Drug delivery and related products will remain the fastest growing and largest single category. Among other supplies, safety enhanced devices and infection resistant nonwovens will see the most rapid growth.This study analyzes the $40.3 billion US disposable medical supplies industry. It presents historical demand data for 2003, 2008 and 2013, and forecasts for 2018 and 2023 by raw material (e.g., plastic resins, nonwoven fabrics, paper and paperboard, rubber), product (e.g., drug delivery products, disposable wound management products, nonwoven medical disposables) and market (e.g., hospitals, consumer and home health care markets, outpatient markets, physicians? offices, nursing homes, dental offices).The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 25 industry players, including Johnson & Johnson, Covidien and Becton Dickinson.