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Disposable Hospital Supplies Key Players and Leadership Alignment with Trends

Date : 22 October 2025

Disposable Hospital Supplies Market Companies and Market Value Chain Analysis

Disposable Hospital Supplies Market Companies

  • 3M
  • Medline Industries
  • Cardinal Health
  • Owens & Minor
  • Becton, Dickinson & Co. (BD)
  • Baxter International
  • B. Braun Melsungen
  • Kimberly-Clark Health
  • Ansell
  • Smiths Medical
  • Terumo Corporation
  • Fresenius Kabi
  • Mölnlycke Health Care
  • ConvaTec
  • Coloplast
  • SteriPack / Stericycle
  • Henry Schein
  • Cardinal/Medtronic Surgical/Medtronic
  • Nipro Medical
  • Top Glove / Hartalega / other major glove manufacturers

Market Forecast

The global disposable hospital supplies market size is calculated at US$ 26.69 in 2024, grew to US$ 29.08 billion in 2025, and is projected to reach around US$ 62.5 billion by 2034. The market is expanding at a CAGR of 9.01% between 2025 and 2034. A rise in focus on infection control and home healthcare is driving the global market. North America led the market due to its growing healthcare expenditure.

  • In 2025, majorly emerging growth factors in the respective market development are a rise in the number of hospitalizations, surgical procedures, and increasing awareness about infection control.
  • In July 2025, Global MedTech companies Getinge and Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., entered into a strategic partnership where Zimmer Biomet will distribute Getinge’s Operating Room (OR) capital products to its Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) customers.
  • In May 2025, Waste company MYGroup and the University of Leeds secured Innovate UK funding to evolve a circular fibre-to-fibre recycling system.
  • In April 2025, Cemag Care, a pharmaceutical company, made a partnership with Clara Care Inc. as the exclusive U.S. launch partner for Cinesteam®, an innovative non-adhesive secondary dressing created to eliminate unpleasant odors and absorb exudates in wound management.

The Market Value Chain Analysis

R&D

R&D in the disposable hospital supplies market involves ideation and conceptualization, preliminary design and prototyping, material selection and testing, performance and safety testing, regulatory compliance, and finally, scaling up for manufacturing.

Key Players: GCMEDICA, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), and Medtronic, etc.

Distribution to Hospitals, Pharmacies

Involvement of a complex supply chain in the distribution of disposable hospital supplies, including direct distribution to hospitals and pharmacies from a few manufacturers. As well as the contribution of robust logistics and transportation assist in the efficient delivery of supplies.

Key Players: Liaoning KANGYI Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., Smiths Medical, and Medline, etc.

Patient Support and Services

The disposable hospital supplies market further enhances patient safety and comfort while reducing the expenditure of medical disposables and minimizing rates of healthcare-associated infection (HAI).

Key Players: Owens & Minor, Philips, and Siemens Healthineers

Latest Announcements by Industry Leaders

  • In August 2025, Brightmark LLC, San Francisco, announced that its partnership with Warsaw, Indiana-based Lewis Salvage processed 1 million pounds of healthcare plastics recycled, diverting medical waste from landfills and incinerators. Brightmark founder and CEO Bob Powell replied that this effort has expanded the volume of plastics recycled and demonstrated a model for the recycling of medical plastics.
  • In July 2025, Medline announced a new contract to be the premier supplier of environmental services (EVS) supplies to Emerald Healthcare. Avi Davidovich, Emerald Healthcare’s vice president of procurement, said that this is a valuable partner in assisting their efforts to accelerate both clinical care and facility cleanliness.

Recent Developments in the Disposable Hospital Supplies Market

  • In August 2025, Accord BioPharma, Inc., the specialty division of Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., launched IMULDOSA® (ustekinumab-srlf) prefilled syringes at the lowest WAC price among branded biosimilars to STELARA® (ustekinumab).
  • In January 2025, Syensqo, a major global provider of advanced performance materials and chemical solutions, and MezLight LLC, specialists in medical device solutions, unveiled an innovative world-first sterile reusable surgical task light.
  • In October 2024, Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd., a groundbreaking respiratory support technology company, introduced a new disposable kit in conjunction with the INSPIRA ART100.

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