From Report #S825, "Worldwide Market for the Clinical Management of Obesity, 2007-2015."
With a significant increase in obesity within developed countries, many researchers and product developers are working hard to develop new therapies. Surgical devices utilized to treat obesity have proven particularly useful and in some cases, have even outperformed nonsurgical therapies.
Obesity represents one of the [...]
The global market for bariatric surgery devices grew at an average of about 34% for 2004-2007, and is expected to continue to grow at a strong rate. Revenues are forecast to reach about $1.5 billion by 2015, with a compound annual growth rate of just over 28%. The unit growth rate is expected to be [...]
The US and Canadian market for bariatric devices is growing at stunning rate, driven by an increasingly prevalent patient population, the increasing capability of physicians to perform bariatric procedures and a recognition by healthcare systems and third party payers to address the problem as a lynchpin for a condition that otherwise will drive up other, [...]
