杜塞尔多夫国际医疗器械展览会(MEDICA)是国际上领先的、最大的、最先进的、最专业的综合性医疗器械大展，展会成立于1969年，每年一届，在杜塞尔多夫展览中心举行。展会在世界医疗领域被誉为新技术和革新的标志，是世界知名的综合性医疗展，被公认为世界上最大的医院及医疗设备展览会，以其不可替代的规模和影响力位居世界医疗贸易展的首位。每年都有来自130多个国家和地区的近4千多家企业参展，其中超过一半的企业来自德国以外，展出总面积达28万平方米。
世界著名大公司和生产常规医院设备、医疗产品的生产企业都在MEDICA展会推出最新产品，推广新技术；世界各地的医疗器械、药品批发商、采购商、卫生部门、医疗专业等顶尖业内人员云集展会，洽谈贸易，是集科技、商贸和信息于一体的大型国际盛会。 三十多年来，MEDICA每年固定在德国的杜塞尔多夫召开，展示从门诊治疗到住院治疗整个领域内的各种产品和服务，参展产品包括了医疗设备、用品的所有常规大类以及医疗通讯信息科技、医用家具设备、医用场地建筑技术、医疗设备管理等。大会期间还举行了200多场研讨会、讲座、讨论和演示会。
MEDICA的目标观众全体为医疗行业人士、医院医生、医院管理层、医院技术人员、全科医生、医药实验室人员、护士、护理人员、实习医生、理疗师和其他医疗从业人员，他们也来自于世界各地。MEDICA展览会由此在全世界医疗行业内竖立了牢固的主导地位.该展每年在德国的杜塞尔多夫召开，展会同期还将举行德国医药原料及医疗器械展--8号馆（ComPaMED）。展示从门诊治疗到住院治疗整个领域内的各种产品和服务，参展产品包括了医疗设备、用品的所有常规大类以及医疗通讯信息科技、医用家具设备、医用场地建筑技术、医疗设备管理等。
该展成为各地医疗相关企业把握最新的、最全面的、最权威的世界医疗器械市场信息的信息平台，同时在会场您可以与全世界顶尖医疗器械同行进行面对面的交流，为您广泛了解医疗技术发展趋势引进国外先进的技术设备起到了桥梁作用。主要展品类型：电子医学/医疗技术，实验室设备，诊断，物理治疗/整形外科技术，商品和消费品，资讯及通讯科技，医疗服务及刊物。
展品范围(Show Products):
医院技术设施及设备； 医疗诊所技术及设备； 病房家具及设备； 诊断及治疗设备； 生化及检验设备； 医药产品； 卫生材料； 医用通讯技术及设备； 医院综合信息技术及服务；实验室设备，急救服务，手术室设备，消毒用品，清洗技术，一次性产品处理设备，废物处理，电疗，矫型外科技术，各种药品，手术用品，医疗纺织品等。
展会报告(Show Reports):
"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," says Marius Berlemann, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, summarizing the events at MEDICA 2025 and the parallel COMPAMED 2025. A total of more than 5,300 exhibitors from 70 nations presented their complete portfolio for modern outpatient and inpatient care in the Düsseldorf exhibition halls from November 17 to 20 – unique worldwide, 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 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 1 October, adds: ‘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 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 total of 78,000 trade visitors belong to the top management of their companies or organizations. Seventy-five percent 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.
The focus of MEDICA: Global business with growth prospects
Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota (and US vice-presidential candidate for 2024), took advantage of the presence of the high-profile NHS delegation from the UK to hold a meeting during his visit to MEDICA. He then visited the large joint stand of North Rhine-Westphalia to find out about cutting-edge technology from NRW on the one hand and the potential applications of medical technology in the state's high-performance care facilities on the other. This demonstrates that the two most important markets for medical technology – North America and Europe (with Germany at the forefront) – are best able to defy a global climate of increasing trade restrictions through intensive dialogue and long-term partnerships.
Saudi Arabia is also proving to be a particularly interesting target market at present, as demonstrated by the visit to the trade fair by the Saudi Minister of Health, H.E. Fahad Abdulrahman Al-Jalajel. Topics covered during his tour of MEDICA included new developments in the field of wearables and innovations for digital hospital infrastructures at the special show ‘Hospital of the Future’. With its “Vision 2030,” the kingdom is pursuing ambitious goals to modernize its healthcare system, including investments in networked care systems, telemedicine, and centers of clinical excellence.
In this regard, there is likely to be increased demand for robotics applications, as presented by MEDICA exhibitors and discussed in the stage program. Medical robotics is currently experiencing strong growth rates – up to 16 percent annually over the next five years. This is according to the study “Robotics in Healthcare,” which Messe Düsseldorf developed in cooperation with the industry association SPECTARIS and presented during the trade fair.
Crowd pleaser: New hotspot for future health tech
At MEDICA 2025, pioneering innovations at the interface with practical application were on display, particularly in the newly launched MEDICA INNOVATION FORUM (in Hall 12). Closely linked to the neighboring MEDICA START-UP PARK and the Wearables Technologies Show, the new MEDICA concept created a central hotspot for future health tech, which proved to be a real crowd pleaser on all days of the trade fair. Top speakers such as digital health pioneer Daniel Kraft, AI specialist Prof. Paul Lukowicz, Spiegel bestselling author Thomas Schulz, and start-up competitions such as the 14th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the 17th HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP captivated the trade audience and provided impetus for the entire spectrum of healthcare innovation. The MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the 17th HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP captivated the professional audience and provided impetus for the entire spectrum of digital innovations. The special networking format “Women Leaders in Healthcare” underscored the level of diversity that is essential for the innovative strength of the international healthcare business.
Dynamic entrepreneurial spirit at record levels
The winning team in the 14th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION was Svan Technologies from Austria with a special injection device that can save lives. Within just 90 seconds, it gives medical staff access to bone marrow, e.g. from newborns. This year's ‘HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP’ was won by the team from Nanose Medical from Israel with their compact device for real-time digital analysis of breath samples for the diagnosis of lung cancer or advanced liver disease.
The record participation of over 80 start-ups in the MEDICA START-UP PARK also demonstrated the dynamism of the start-up scene. HeartHero (USA) presented a portable, user-friendly AED that only defibrillates automatically when needed. Healex (Germany) introduced a digital platform that automates the management and billing of clinical trials, thereby significantly simplifying the process (and conserving resources). The new product “Miamind” from Bottneuro (Switzerland) also attracted a great deal of attention. The custom-made 3D helmet enables precise transcranial brain stimulation to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer's and depression. “As a start-up with an innovative product, exhibiting at MEDICA's Start-up Park gave us a platform to establish contacts with various partners for sales and manufacturing,” says Thomas Hefti, CEO of Bottneuro, highlighting the networking effect of participating in MEDICA.
COMPAMED: Focus on high-tech supply solutions
In keeping with its new motto, “Meet Health. Technology. Innovators.”, COMPAMED offered a full program in Halls 8a and 8b. Complemented by a stage program and networking formats, 750 exhibitors presented their latest high-tech solutions and innovations that are playing a decisive role in shaping medical progress: from microtechnology, sensor technology, and electronics—as required, for example, in the increasingly smart end products presented at MEDICA—to new materials, packaging solutions, and complete contract manufacturing.
"COMPAMED showed itself from a very strong side. The diversity of the innovations presented is impressive and underlines the high development dynamics in the high-tech industry. The internationality of the trade audience is once again particularly noteworthy. Exhibitors report many constructive and high-quality discussions that have significantly enriched the professional exchange," says Tim Merforth, Managing Director of the IVAM Microtechnology Professional Association, drawing a very positive conclusion.
Setting the course for the future of MEDICA and COMPAMED
At the end of this year's event, Carmen Berger, responsible for MEDICA and COMPAMED, looks ahead with ambition: "Starting in 2026, we want to break new ground together with our partners. Our goal is to integrate the two formats MEDICA and COMPAMED even more closely in the future, leverage synergies, and further expand their international relevance. In addition, we will continue to develop the forums and exchange platforms in a targeted manner – toward an even more intensive interdisciplinary dialogue between industry, science, politics, and practice. We want MEDICA and COMPAMED 2026 to feel like modern medicine is meant to be: connected, intuitive, and to the point."
The dates for the next MEDICA and COMPAMED, as well as Messe Düsseldorf's international medical trade fairs under the umbrella of MEDICARE ASIA in 2026, are:
MEDICA in Düsseldorf: November 16–19, 2026
COMPAMED in Düsseldorf: November 16–19, 2026
MEDICAL FAIR INDIA in New Delhi: January 29–31, 2026
MEDICAL FAIR CHINA in Suzhou: August 20–22, 2026
MEDICAL FAIR ASIA in Singapore: September 9–11, 2026
MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA in Singapore: September 9–11, 2026
MEDICAL FAIR INDIA in Mumbai: September 17–19, 2026
