- Medical device exports increased $6.1 billion in 2018 (7.7% from 2017)
- Average Medtech wage: $121,909
- 1 out of 4 exports are a medical device (23%)
- 2x premarket approvals: as many PMA’s as California
- National Institue of Health (NIH) funding for hospitals (2018): $2.89 billion
- 4th consecutive year that Massachusetts ranks 1st for total medical device exports by percentage of total state exports
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