We help manufacturers make critical product, pricing, and commercial decisions through rigorous qualitative and quantitative clinical market research grounded in real-world clinical practice, patient experience, and healthcare purchasing behaviour.

Our medtech market research services support manufacturers across the full product lifecycle - from unmet medical device needs research and medical device concept testing through to market assessment, medical device pricing research, post-market surveys, and commercial execution. We combine robust evidence with strategic advisory input so teams can move forward with confidence in complex healthcare markets.

By working exclusively in medical devices and healthcare technologies, we bring deep sector expertise, strong stakeholder access, and a practical understanding of how medical devices are evaluated, reimbursed, and purchased across healthcare systems

What We Do

Our medical device market research services are organised around eight specialist service areas that reflect how medical technologies are developed, evaluated, priced, adopted, and optimised in real healthcare markets.

Across every area, we integrate qualitative and quantitative research - capturing not only what stakeholders say, but how they prioritise, choose, use, and pay for medical devices in practice.

Unmet Medical Device Needs & Clinical Insight

Unmet Medical Device
Needs & Clinical Insight

We identify high-value unmet medical device needs through deep clinical market research with physicians, nurses, patients, and care teams. This work reveals where current technologies fail - and where the greatest innovation and growth opportunities exist.

Key Activities

  • Unmet medical device needs research
  • Clinical workflow & care-pathway analysis
  • Ethnography and in-context observation
  • Voice-of-customer programmes

Outcomes

  • Clear innovation priorities
  • Stronger clinical relevance
  • Reduced product development risk
Medical Device Concept & Usability Testing

Medical Device Concept &
Usability Testing

We help manufacturers turn insight into winning product concepts through structured medical device concept testing and development. Early-stage ideas, prototypes, and design directions are tested with real users to ensure products evolve around real-world clinical and workflow needs.

Key Activities

  • Early concept screening and prioritisation
  • Concept optimisation and refinement
  • UX and usability testing
  • Interface, GUI, and workflow evaluation

Outcomes

  • Stronger product–market fit
  • More compelling value propositions
  • Lower launch risk
MedTech Market Assessment & Market Sizing

MedTech Market Assessment
& Market Sizing

We help teams determine whether a market is real, scalable, and commercially attractive before major investments are made. Our medtech market research services quantify not only size, but adoption dynamics, competitive pressure, and purchasing structures.

Key Activities

  • Medical device market sizing & forecasting

  • Competitive and positioning analysis 

  • Patient flow and volume modelling

  • Market entry and opportunity evaluation

Outcomes

  • Evidence-based go / no-go decisions
  • Clear market prioritisation
  • Realistic revenue expectations
Medical Device Buying Process, Procurement & Patient Flow Research

Medical Device Buying Process,
Procurement & Patient Flow Research

Medical device purchasing decisions are shaped by complex interactions between clinicians, procurement, management, payers - and by how patients move through real-world care pathways. We analyse the full medical device buying process by mapping decision journeys alongside patient flow to identify who influences adoption, how value is assessed, and where purchasing decisions are made across healthcare systems.

Key Activities

  • Medical device buying-process and decision journey mapping
  • Patient flow and care-pathway analysis across hospital and outpatient settings
  • Value Analysis Committee (VAC) research and decision-criteria assessment
  • Stakeholder needs, roles, and influence mapping
  • Tender, procurement, and contracting research

Outcomes

  • Clear understanding of medical device purchasing, evaluation, and adoption drivers
  • Stronger alignment of pricing, value evidence, and sales strategy with buyer needs
  • Faster, more predictable adoption across care pathways and health systems
Medical Device Value Proposition & Messaging Research

Medical Device Value Proposition
& Messaging Research

We test and refine how medical device value is communicated — ensuring claims resonate with how healthcare organisations evaluate, compare, and justify purchases.

Key Activities

  • Value proposition and claims testing
  • Messaging hierarchy development
  • HCP, patient, and payer communication testing
  • Sales and marketing material optimisation

Outcomes

  • Stronger differentiation
  • Clearer and more credible messaging
  • Better sales effectiveness
Medical Device Pricing Research & Pricing Strategy

Medical Device Pricing
Research & Pricing Strategy

Our medical device pricing research establishes defensible, evidence-based price points aligned to how markets actually value innovation. We quantify willingness-to-pay across stakeholders and markets using advanced quantitative techniques.

Key Activities

  • Willingness-to-pay research
  • Price sensitivity (Van Westendorp)
  • Conjoint and discrete-choice modelling
  • Value-based pricing and portfolio optimisation

Outcomes

  • Prices grounded in real market evidence
  • Stronger tender and reimbursement positioning
  • Improved profitability and uptake
Medical Device Launch & Portfolio Strategy

Medical Device Launch &
Portfolio Strategy

We support manufacturers as products move from development into commercial reality, ensuring launches and portfolios are aligned to real-world adoption and purchasing behaviour.

Key Activities

  • Launch readiness and positioning
  • Segmentation and targeting
  • Indication expansion strategy
  • Portfolio and lifecycle optimisation

Outcomes

  • More successful launches
  • Better resource allocation
  • Stronger long-term portfolio performance
Post-Market Medical Device Surveys & Real-World Evidence

Post-Market Medical Device
Surveys & Real-World Evidence

We help medical device manufacturers generate robust post-market evidence to meet evolving regulatory requirements and support long-term commercial success. Our post-market surveys are designed to capture real-world safety, performance, and clinical outcomes in routine practice — providing high-quality Real-World Data (RWD) and Real-World Evidence (RWE) to support EU MDR / IVDR compliance, FDA submissions, and lifecycle decision-making. These studies create an efficient, scalable feedback loop to strengthen regulatory files while informing product optimisation, positioning, and market expansion.

Key Activities

  • Post-market surveillance (PMS) and post-market
  • medical device surveys
  • PMCF (Post-Market Clinical Follow-up) and PMPF
  • (Post-Market Performance Follow-up) studies • Real-world performance and outcomes research
  • Signal detection and unmet need identification
  • Lifecycle management and indication expansion support

Outcomes

  • Regulatory-ready evidence for EU MDR / IVDR, FDA, and global submissions
  • Stronger clinical and commercial decision-making
  • across the product lifecycle
  • Enhanced market access, competitive defence, and portfolio optimisation

Your Specialist MedTech Market Research Partner

Whether you are exploring an innovation, testing a concept, preparing a launch, setting a price, or monitoring performance in the market, our medical device market research services are designed to support confident, evidence-based decisions.

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Why IDR Medical?

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Exclusive
MedTech Focus

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Decision-led Medical Device Research

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Deep Access to Clinicians, Patients, and Buyers

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Advanced Qualitative and Quantitative Expertise

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Global Reach Across Europe and the US