Full List of Medical Equipment Manufacturers in Malaysia (2024)
by Pharmchoices
Malaysia is the largest medical device in the ASEAN region with an estimated market size of USD1.8 billion. As a major production hub in the region, there are as many as 200 medical equipment manufacturers in Malaysia. About 30 of the medical device companies are multinational companies like Abbott, Smith & Nephew, Boston Scientific, Teleflex, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), Resmed, and B-Braun.
Malaysia is at the heart of the ASEAN region, ensuring manufacturers can take advantage of the Asia Pacific healthcare market. Medical equipment manufacturers in Malaysia produce orthopaedic devices, disposable gloves, implantable devices, dialysers, diagnostic imaging equipment, minimally invasive surgery equipment, and devices for surgical, dental, and optical procedures.
The industry has moved from manufacturing low-tech commodities (rubber-based products and consumables) to complex products like pacemakers, defibrillators, radiographic, surgical instruments, medical electrodes, endoscopes, dialysis solutions, in-vitro diagnostic devices, health monitoring devices, medical gases, disposable wearable surgical gear, anaesthesia sets, and ultrasound diagnostic systems.
Malaysia is also the leading exporter and manufacturer of catheters and surgical and examination gloves, including higher quality and speciality gloves (accelerator-free and chemotherapy-special function gloves, and antimicrobial gloves).
Over 90% of the manufactured medical equipment and devices are exported to countries like the US, Singapore, Japan, Germany, China, The UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Brazil, Australia, and many others.
