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　　Global demand for medical adhesives and sealants market was valued at USD 6.0 billion in 2014, and is expected to reach USD 10.50 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% between 2015 and 2020. In terms of volume, the global medical adhesives and sealants market stood at 550.0kilotonsin 2014.The key driving factor of the medical adhesive and sealants market is increasing dental treatment sand increasing aging population. Excellent characteristics of medical adhesives and sealants are one of the important factors driving the demand for the medical adhesives and sealants market. However, stringent regulations related with medical grade products may limit the growth of the market.

　　The medical adhesives and sealants market has been segmented on the basis of the product segment analysis as synthetic adhesives and sealants and natural adhesives and sealants. Further the synthetic adhesives and sealants are sub-segmented as acrylic, silicones, cyanoacrylate, polyethylene glycol and other synthetics. The acrylic adhesives and sealant dominates the other product segments and accounted over the 30% shares of the medicals adhesives and sealants market in 2014. Moreover, the cyanoacrylate and polyethylene glycol adhesives and sealants are expected to be the fastest growing segments over the years to come owing to the advancement in the formulations of adhesives.

　　The medical adhesives and sealants market has been segmented on the basis of the application segment analysis as internal, external and dental applications. In 2014, the internal application segment was the dominating segment and it accounted for the around50% shares of the market globally in 2014. Thus, further it is expected to continue this trend and lift the CAGR by 8.0% for the forecast period. In addition, external application is expected to have substantial growth due to increasing penetration of consumer goods.

　　With over 40% shares, North America dominated the global medical adhesives and sealants market in 2014. In terms of volume, Europe held the second largest share of the market in the same year. Asia Pacific expected to be the fastest growing regional market during the forecast period due to the emerging economies like China and India.

　　The regional segmentation includes the current and forecast demand for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Rest of the World with its further bifurcation into major countries including U.S. Germany, France, UK, China, Japan, India and Brazil. This segmentation includes demand for medical adhesives and sealants based on individual applications in all the regions and countries.

　　Key industry participants analyzed and profiled in this study includes, 3M Company, HB Fuller, Henkel AG, Baxter International, Dentsply Limited, CryoLife Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Adhesive Research Inc., Avery Dennison Corporation and Ashland, Inc.

　　中文提要

　　全球醫療粘合劑和密封劑市場需求在2014年估計為60億美元，預計到2020年將達到105億美元，在2015年至2020年之間以8.5%的年復合增長率增長。在數量方面，全球醫用膠粘劑和密封劑市場在2014年達到55萬噸。醫療粘合劑和密封劑市場的關鍵驅動因素是由于老齡化人口增長帶來的在牙科應用需求上的增加。醫用粘合劑和密封劑的優異特性是推動對醫用粘合劑和密封劑市場的需求的重要因素之一。然而，與醫療級產品相關的嚴格法規可能限制該市場的增長。

　　醫療粘合劑和密封劑市場根據應用領域分為內科、外科和牙科應用。 2014年，內科領域占主導地位，并在2014年占全球市場50%左右的份額，預計接下來將繼續這一趨勢，在預期內將以復合年增長率提升8.0%。此外，外科類應用也有望大幅增長。

　　從地區上看，2014年，北美占有超過40%的市場份額，主導了全球醫療粘合劑和密封劑市場。在數量方面，在同一年份歐洲則占據了第二大市場份額。由于中國和印度等新興經濟體，亞太地區預計將成為預測期內增長最快的區域市場。