Germany Ophthalmic Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012

SUMMARY

Germany Ophthalmic Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012

Summary

This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to the Germany ophthalmic devices market. It also offers detailed and comprehensive coverage of market revenue, volume, distribution and company share information; and latest news, financial deals and pipeline products information of each of the key sub-segments of the ophthalmic devices in Germany

Scope

• The report provides ophthalmic devices information broken down into detailed categories and segments in Germany.
• Total revenues, products sold, end users, and average pricing.
• Market shares of all the key competitors.
• Key pipeline products that are set to shape the market, broken down by sector.
• Information on the top medical equipment companies in the sector in the country covering business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.
• Healthcare structure, regulatory environment, approval process, pricing trends and reimbursement.
• Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.
• Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity investments and IPOs.
• Customer, hospitals and physicians data.

Reasons to buy

• Gain a strong understanding of the ophthalmic devices market in Germany.
• Evaluate and compare the attractiveness of the market in the country.
• Identify growth segments and opportunities in each industry sector within the country.
• Evaluate the pipeline of key products that will change the sector, and identify threats and opportunities before the products are launched in the country.
• Analyze the competitiveness of the market in the country and identify hotspots.
• Develop strategies based on the latest product, brand, expansion and research and development news in the country.
• Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market in the country.
• Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the industry incumbents in the country.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 7
1.2 List of Figures 9
2 Introduction 11
2.1 What Is This Report About? 11
3 Definitions of the Markets Covered in the Report 12
3.1 Ophthalmic Devices 12
3.2 Cataract Surgery 12
3.2.1 Phacoemulsification Equipment 12
3.2.2 Intra Ocular Lens 12
3.3 Vision Care 12
3.3.1 Ophthalmoscope 12
3.3.2 Contact lenses 12
3.3.3 Lens care 12
3.3.4 Ophthalmic lens 13
3.3.5 Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses 13
3.4 Refractive Surgery 13
4 Healthcare Sector Review 14
4.1 Healthcare Sector 14
4.2 Healthcare Expenditure 14
4.3 Healthcare Infrastructure 18
4.3.1 Healthcare Personnel Data 18
4.3.2 Healthcare Facilities Data 20
4.4 Healthcare Policy 25
5 Regulation System 26
5.1 Regulation System 26
5.2 Medical Equipment Approval Process 26
5.2.1 Classification of Medical Devices 26
5.3 Conformity Assessment Process 35
5.3.1 Class I devices 35
5.3.2 Class IIa devices 36
5.3.3 Class IIb devices 37
5.3.4 Class III devices 38
5.4 Post Market Surveillance 39
6 Pricing and Reimbursement 40
6.1 SHI 40
6.1.1 Private Health Insurance 40
6.1.2 Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) 40
7 Distribution Structure 41
8 Germany Medical Equipment Cross Market Comparison 42
9 Ophthalmic Devices Cross Country Comparison 44
10 Ophthalmic Devices in Germany 47
10.1 Ophthalmic Devices Overall Revenues by Category (2000-2012) 47
10.2 Ophthalmic Devices Overall Volume by Category (2000-2012) 51
10.3 Ophthalmic Devices Overall Company Share (2006-2007) 53
11 Vision Care in Germany 54
11.1 Vision Care Revenues by Segment (2000-2012) 54
11.2 Vision Care Volume by Segment (2000-2012) 57
11.3 Vision Care Average Price (2000-2012) 58
11.4 Vision Care Distribution Share (2006-2007) 59
11.5 Vision Care Company Share (2006-2007) 60
12 Cataract Surgery in Germany 61
12.1 Cataract Surgery Revenues by Segment (2000-2012) 61
12.2 Cataract Surgery Volume by Segment (2000-2012) 63
12.3 Cataract Surgery Average Price (2000-2012) 64
12.4 Cataract Surgery Distribution Share (2006-2007) 65
12.5 Cataract Surgery Company Share (2006-2007) 66
13 Refractive Surgery in Germany 67
13.1 Refractive Surgery Revenues (2000-2012) 67
13.2 Refractive Surgery Volume by Segment (2000-2012) 69
13.3 Refractive Surgery Average Price (2000-2012) 71
13.4 Refractive Surgery Distribution Share (2006-2007) 72
13.5 Refractive Surgery Company Share (2006-2007) 73
14 20/10 PERFECT VISION AG Company Review 74
14.1 Company Overview 74
15 Acri.Tec AG Company Profile 75
15.1 Company Overview 75
16 Alcon, Inc. Company Profile 76
16.1 Company Overview 76
16.2 Value Chain Analysis 76
16.2.1 Manufacturing 77
16.2.2 Product Development 77
16.2.3 Sales and Marketing 78
16.3 Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products 79
16.3.1 Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 79
16.3.2 Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products by Development Stage 79
16.3.3 Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products by Therapy Area 80
16.3.4 Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products by Clinical Trials 80
17 Carl Zeiss AG Company Profile 81
17.1 Company Overview 81
17.2 Value Chain Analysis 81
17.2.1 Manufacturing 82
17.2.2 Product Development 82
17.2.3 Sales and Marketing 83
18 CIBA Vision Corporation Company Profile 84
18.1 Company Overview 84
18.2 CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products 84
18.2.1 CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 84
18.2.2 CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products by Development Stage 84
18.2.3 CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products by Therapy Area 84
18.2.4 CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products by Clinical Trials 84
19 Essilor International Company Profile 85
19.1 Company Overview 85
19.2 Value Chain Analysis 85
19.2.1 Manufacturing 85
19.2.2 Product Development 86
19.2.3 Sales and Marketing 86
20 GEUDER AG Company Profile 87
20.1 Company Overview 87
21 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Company Review 88
21.1 Company Overview 88
21.2 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products 88
21.2.1 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 88
21.2.2 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products by Development Stage 89
21.2.3 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products by Therapy Area 90
21.2.4 IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products By Clinical Trials 90
22 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Company Profile 91
22.1 Company Overview 91
23 Financial Deals Landscape 92
23.1 Acquisition 92
23.1.1 Alcon Acquires WaveLight 92
23.1.2 Carl Zeiss Acquires Dr. Wolf&Beck 93
23.1.3 Carl Zeiss Acquires Acri.Tec 94
23.1.4 Carl Zeiss Meditec Acquires 5% Shareholding In Wavelight 96
23.1.5 Advanced Medical Optics Signs An Agreement With Carl Zeiss Meditec 97
23.1.6 Bausch & Lomb Enters Into A Licensing Agreement With Schering AG 98
23.1.7 CooperVision Surgical And Gebauer Medizintechnik Enter Into A Distribution Agreement 99
24 Recent Developments 101
24.1 Government and Public Interest 101
24.1.1 May 29, 2008: Fraunhofer Institute For Microelectronic Circuits And Systems IMS Researchers Develop Visual Prosthetic Device 101
25 Appendix 102
25.1 Global Markets Direct Research Methodology 102
25.2 Coverage 103
25.3 Secondary Research 103
25.4 Primary Research 104
25.5 Models 104
25.6 Forecasts 105
25.7 Expert Panels 105
25.8 Currency Conversion 106
25.9 Contact Us 107
25.10 Disclaimer 107

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Healthcare Personnel by Region in Germany, 2004 18
Table 2: Doctors by Specialty in Germany, 2000-2004 19
Table 3: Hospitals by Region in Germany, 2004 20
Table 4: Hospital Beds by Region in Germany, 2004 21
Table 5: Rehabilitation Centers by Region in Germany, 2004 22
Table 6: Rehabilitation Center Beds by Region in Germany, 2004 23
Table 7: Discharges by Diagnosis in Germany, 2004 24
Table 8: Germany, Medical Equipment Market Comparison 43
Table 9: Ophthalmic Devices, Revenues ($ mn) by Country, 2000-2012 46
Table 10: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), 2000-2012 47
Table 11: Ophthalmic Devices Market, Germany, Portfolio Analysis 48
Table 12: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 49
Table 13: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 50
Table 14: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Volume (Units), 2000-2012 51
Table 15: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 51
Table 16: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 52
Table 17: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Overall Company Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 53
Table 18: Vision Care, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 55
Table 19: Vision Care, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 56
Table 20: Vision Care, Germany, Volume (Units) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 57
Table 21: Vision Care, Germany, Volume (Units) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 57
Table 22: Vision Care, Germany, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 58
Table 23: Vision Care, Germany, Average Price ($), Forecast, 2007-20012 58
Table 24: Vision Care, Germany, Distribution Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 59
Table 25: Vision Care, Germany, Company Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 60
Table 26: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 61
Table 27: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 62
Table 28: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 63
Table 29: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 63
Table 30: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 64
Table 31: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Average Price ($), Forecast, 2007-2012 64
Table 32: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Distribution Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 65
Table 33: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Company Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 66
Table 34: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 67
Table 35: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 68
Table 36: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 69
Table 37: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 70
Table 38: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 71
Table 39: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Average Price ($), Forecast, 2007-2012 71
Table 40: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Distribution Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 72
Table 41: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Company Share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 73
Table 42: Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 79
Table 43: Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products By Development Stage 79
Table 44: Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products By Therapy Area 80
Table 45: Alcon, Inc. Pipeline Products By Clinical Trials 80
Table 46: CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 84
Table 47: CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products By Development Stage 84
Table 48: CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products By Therapy Area 84
Table 49: CIBA Vision Corporation Pipeline Products By Clinical Trials 84
Table 50: IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 88
Table 51: IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products By Development Stage 89
Table 52: IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products By Therapy Area 90
Table 53: IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products By Clinical Trials 90
Table 54: Currency Conversion from USD to Local Currency at 2007 Constant Rate 106

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Healthcare Structure in Germany, 2000 - 2006 15
Figure 2: Healthcare Expenditure Sources in Germany, 2003 16
Figure 3: Healthcare Financing Framework in Germany, 2007 17
Figure 4: Flowchart for Classification of Non-invasive Devices in Germany, 2007 27
Figure 5: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Germany, 2007 28
Figure 6: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Germany, 2007 29
Figure 7: Classification of Invasive Devices in Germany, 2007 30
Figure 8: Classification of Invasive Devices in Germany, 2007 31
Figure 9: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Germany, 2007 32
Figure 10: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Germany, 2007 33
Figure 11: Flowchart for Classification of Devices except Non-invasive, Invasive and Active Devices in Germany, 2007 34
Figure 12: Conformity Assessment of Class-I Medical Devices in Germany, 2007 35
Figure 13: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIa Medical Devices in Germany, 2007 36
Figure 14: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIb Medical Devices in Germany, 2007 37
Figure 15: Conformity Assessment of Class-III Medical Devices in Germany, 2007 38
Figure 16: Germany, Medical Equipment Market Comparison, 2007 42
Figure 17: Ophthalmic Devices, Revenues ($ mn) by Country, 2000-2012 44
Figure 18: Ophthalmic Devices Market, Country Comparison 45
Figure 19: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), 2000-2012 47
Figure 20: Ophthalmic Devices Market, Germany, Portfolio Analysis 48
Figure 21: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 49
Figure 22: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Category Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 50
Figure 23: Ophthalmic Devices, Germany, Overall Company Share (%), 2007 53
Figure 24: Vision Care, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 54
Figure 25: Vision Care, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 56
Figure 26: Vision Care, Germany, Company Share (%), 2007 60
Figure 27: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2007 61
Figure 28: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment, Forecast, 2007-2012 62
Figure 29: Cataract Surgery, Germany, Company Share (%), 2007 66
Figure 30: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 67
Figure 31: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 68
Figure 32: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 69
Figure 33: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 70
Figure 34: Refractive Surgery, Germany, Company Share (%), 2007 73
Figure 35: Alcon, Inc., Value Chain Analysis 76
Figure 36: Carl Zeiss AG, Value Chain Analysis 81
Figure 37: Essilor International, Value Chain Analysis 85
Figure 38: IMI Intelligent Medical Implants GmbH Pipeline Products By Development Stage 89
Figure 39: Global Markets Direct Methodology 102