Drug-Device Combination Products Market Exploring Future Growth 2018-2025 - Medtronic, Smith & Nephew
Drug-device combination products comprise of two or more regulated components, which work in coordination. These components involve a medical device, which is used to administer a therapeutic drug in the patient's body. The drug-device combination products can be single products comprising of several components or products packed separately, intended for use with a specialized counterpart. The therapeutic drugs used along with the specific device are either mixed physically or chemically to obtain a resulting mixture for the final use. Currently, the best-known example of a drug-device combination product is the drug-eluting stents that are scaffolds coated with a therapeutic drug to prevent the growth of tissue scars in an artery. Major Key Players of the Drug-Device Combination Products Market are: Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Boston Scientific Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis AG, Bayer AG, Baxter ...