Sectoral budgeting brakes German sales increase in 2000
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
German medical device sales recorded by member companies of the BVMed industry association rose by 4% in 2000, to DM4.4 billion ($2 billion). The sales of the 170 BVMed members were particularly low in the last quarter of the year mainly due to hospitals' and doctors' concerns about exceeding budgets for the year.