Statement on MEDICA 2013 by Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
The global health market is growing annually by about six per cent. The drivers of this development are an ageing society in many countries, in others a strong population growth, technical advancement and above all, the increased purchasing power all over the world. Against this background, the health markets in the majority of countries are developing faster than the gross domestic product.