“With numerous programmatic changes and the new theme ‘Meet Health. Future. People.’, we have made this year's MEDICA the starting point for a process of change that addresses the transformation of the international healthcare industry and underlines our commitment to actively shaping this change with forward-looking concepts. We will continue to pursue this path of change consistently with innovations in 2026 as well,” stated Marius Berlemann, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, about the concurrently held MEDICA and COMPAMED 2025 trade fairs in Düsseldorf, Germany. More than 5,300 exhibitors from 70 nations presented their complete portfolio for modern outpatient and inpatient care – unique worldwide - in the Düsseldorf exhibition halls from November 17 - 20 including an impressive variety of high-tech supplier solutions. By the time exhibitor registration for MEDICA 2026 and COMPAMED 2026 opens on January 20, the main topics will be restructured in line with current trends based on numerous interviews conducted during the trade fair.

With regard to the trade fair visits and roundtable discussions by German Federal Health Minister Nina Warken and EU Health Commissioner Oliver Váhelyi, Marius Berlemann emphasizes the appeal of the events as the “place to be” for the industry's decision-making elite: “MEDICA and COMPAMED are developing into community platforms where the highest national and international levels of politics, healthcare, industry, and science discuss opportunities and challenges. In Düsseldorf, the way is being paved for successful healthcare business.”

Carmen Berger, who took over as the new head of MEDICA and COMPAMED at Messe Düsseldorf on October 1, added: “The confidential roundtable meetings held by Minister Nina Warken with leading industry representatives at the start of MEDICA and by EU Commissioner Oliver Váhelyi on the second day of the trade fair made it clear that regulatory processes must finally be accelerated so that effective procedures and technologies can be implemented more quickly in everyday healthcare”’ A tour of the exhibition halls impressively demonstrated the enormous innovative strength of the medical technology industry and research institutions. “On the supply side, the conditions are excellent. The industry has enormous growth potential that is just waiting to be unleashed,” said Carmen Berger.
The fact that MEDICA and COMPAMED are a guarantee for high-quality contacts is once again reflected in the figures: three-quarters of the 78,000 trade visitors are from the top management of their companies or organizations. 75% of the trade visitors traveled from 160 countries. International, renowned buyer delegations, including from the Gulf States, Africa and the UK's National Health Service (NHS), reinforced the global reach of the events.

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