Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
1.3 Geographical and Industry Coverage of the Project
The Environmental Scan covered the entire ecosystem within MedDev industry in Malaysia, with
specific focus on the manufacturing of medical devices.
Figure 1-1: Medical Devices Ecosystem
1.4 Scope of Research and Analysis
The scope of research and analysis covered two major components:
1. Industry Trends and Prospects
a. Manufacturing ecosystem, supply chain and regional clusters
b. Economic size, number of players and geographical spread within the industry, including
their dispersal into sub-sectors
c. Main economic characteristics of the sector and sub-sectors
d. Financial profile and performance of the sector and sub-sectors
e. Recent trends, patterns and highlights in the business of the overall sector and the
subsectors
f. Prospects of the industry and the sub-sectors
g. Major factors and drivers (domestic and international) affecting the industry outlook
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