In recent years, the market of high-end medical dressings in the world is 41% in Europe, 39% in the United States and 20.5% in other countries and regions.

According to market research institutions such as midmarket, diligence, LLC, etc., it is predicted that high-end dressings will become the main driving force to promote the development of the dressing market in the future because traditional medical dressings cannot meet the treatment needs of chronic and complex wounds. In 2017, the global sales revenue of high-end medical dressings will reach the US $16 billion. Sales of foam dressings, hydrocolloid dressings, alginate, and hydrated fiber dressings will reach the US $1.1billion, US $900 million and the US $400 million respectively, and the growth factor market will grow to the US $1 billion.

Europe is the region that uses the most wound dressings in the world. The annual growth rate of medical dressings in this market remains at 8.4%, and the compound growth rate in six years is about 9.31%. The growth of traditional medical dressings such as gauze and bandages is slow. With the application of antibacterial products and biomaterials, traditional wound dressings will gradually decrease. On the contrary, functional medical dressings, such as hydrogels, hydrocolloids, foam dressings and transparent IV dressing, will grow strongly. High-end dressings account for 62.2% of the total medical dressing market in Europe. By the end of 2012, the market of high-end dressings in Europe will reach the US $3 billion 500 million.

According to statistics, the market demand for medical dressings in China reached about 40 billion yuan in 2010. In recent two years, the growth rate of domestic market demand is much higher than that of product export, which indicates that the domestic demand for medical dressing products has increased significantly. Especially with the improvement of the medical level, the market demand for high-end dressing products has increased significantly, which has driven the import of products.

With the development of medical reform and the aging society, the medical dressing manufacturing industry is about to usher in a period of rapid development. The nursing of bedsore, ulcer and other chronic wounds, which are closely related to the elderly, has become an increasingly serious problem in the West. High-tech medical dressings have been paid more and more attention in the world medical and health field, and the traditional gauze has been replaced by new medical dressings more and more. In the initial development of new medical dressings, economic factors such as the cost and price of dressings, length of stay, nursing time, quantity of auxiliary materials, quality of wound healing and so on should be considered. In terms of specific new product development, the future medical dressings will pay more attention to the biological activity and functionality of products.