North American Interactive Wound Care Markets

Published by: Frost & Sullivan

Published: Aug. 8, 2002

Table of Contents

1 North American Interactive Wound Care Markets

A. Executive Summary

1 Executive Summary

B. Overview

1 Introduction

2 Trends in Wound Care Industry

3 Scope and Segmentation

4 Product Definitions

C. Environmental Analysis

1 US - Market Overview & Trends

2 US - Market Demand Analysis

3 Canada - Market Overview & Trends

4 Canada - Market Demand Analysis

D. Challenges and Strategies

1 Getting High Costing Skin Substitutes Accepted by End-Users

2 Getting High Costing Skin Substitutes Accepted by End-Users (cont'd)

3 Die-Hard Habits of End-Users Resists Product Market Penetration

4 Competition From Substitute Products Threatens Product Sales

5 Delays in FDA Approvals Increases Cost to Market

E. Frost and Sullivan Marketing Engineering Awards

1 Product Line Strategy Award - Smith & Nephew

2 Strategic Alliance Leadership Award - Integra Life Sciences

3 Product Innovation Award - Advanced Tissue Sciences

4 Business Development Strategy Award - Genzyme Corp

2 North American Market for Skin Substitutes

A. Market Overview

1 Introduction

2 Competitive Structure

3 Competitive Analysis

4 Product Analysis - Epidermal Skin Substitutes

5 Product Analysis - Dermal Skin Substitutes

6 Product Analysis - Bi-Layer Skin Substitutes

B. US Skin Substitutes Market

1 Total US Market for Skin Substitutes

2 US Skin Substitutes Market Drivers

3 US Skin Substitutes Market Restraints

4 Epidermal Skin Substitute Market

5 Dermal Skin Substitute Market

6 Bi-Layer Skin Substitute Market

7 Skin Substitutes Market for Burns

8 Skin Substitutes Market for Chronic Wounds

C. Canada Skin Substitutes Market

1 Canadian Market for Skin Substitutes

2 Canadian Skin Substitutes Market Drivers

3 Canadian Skin Substitutes Market Restraints

4 Skin Substitute Burn Market

5 Skin Substitute Chronic Wound Market

3 North American Market for Biomaterial Dressings

A. Market Overview

1 Introduction

2 Drivers and Restraints

3 Biological Collagen Based Dressings

4 Biosynthetic Collagen Based Dressings

5 Hyaluronic Acid Based Dressings

6 Competitive Analysis

7 Emerging Competition

B. US Biomaterial Wound Dressings Market

1 Market Overview

2 Market Forecasts and Trends

3 Competitive Analysis

C. Canada Biomaterial Dressings Market

1 Market Overview

2 Market Forecasts and Trends

3 Competitive Analysis

4 Mexican Market for Interactive Wound Care

A. Overview

1 Mexican Demographics

2 Mexico Economy

3 Mexican Healthcare System

4 Regulatory Framework

5 Marketing and Distribution

6 Medical Devices Market

B. Mexico Market for Interactive Wound Care

1 Overview

2 Market Drivers and Restraints

C. Important Links to Mexican Healthcare Resources

1 Government Links

2 Mexican Industry Associations

Abstract

The increasing acceptance of biocompatible alternatives by surgeons and end users coupled with its functional and cosmetic advantages is driving the market for interactive wound care products. Growing incidences of skin diseases such as chronic ulcers in the expanding elderly segment of the population is also stimulating the market for bio-engineered products including skin substitutes.

This Frost & Sullivan research analyzes the North American markets for interactive wound care products. It discusses the drivers and restraints governing this market and provides forecasts identifying areas of growth. The study covers skin substitutes and biomaterial dressings with collagen and hyaluronic acid as the main constitute.

Growing Market for Interactive Wound Care Products Stimulates Demand for Products

"Skin substitutes have shown improved and faster healing in clinical trials," says the author of the study. "It provides a scaffold to stimulate regeneration of wound tissues and reduces the healing time for the wounds. They have added value over the existing products in terms of limiting dysfunctionality and improved cosmetic results."

Skin substitutes and biomaterial dressings present a better therapeutic option for refractive wounds and burns since they lower the potential for transfer of infection and diseases, aid faster healing, and reduce donor site wounds. They can also help provide the answer to problems such as costly storage and maintenance as well as non-availability of donor skin.

Innovation and More Efficient Products Trigger Market Growth

This growing awareness of the benefits of using biocompatible products is driving product acceptability and market demand and increasing competition and technology innovation. With breakthrough technologies and the resulting efficacious products, more manufacturers are entering the fray, increasing market size.

The United States is the dominant market in North America, with the most product manufacturers, while the Canadian market for advanced wound care products is rapidly expanding. Mexico, being a developing one, will take time to enter the high-priced skin substitutes market. But the FDA's initiative to create a separate category for "interactive wound care products" is making the environment conducive for growth and global expansion, which provides further opportunity for manufacturers.

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