Information
The MEDICA trade show and exhibition is the spotlight event in the medical and health care sector. It is held in Messe Dusseldorf in November. Accompanied by COMPAMED, a leading trade show in its segment - high tech medical technology, it invites at least 5,500 companies to exhibit at MEDICA Dusseldorf. Close to 120,000 trade professionals join the event in search of the newest scientific findings and technology in outpatient and clinical care.
Who can you meet there
MEDICA Dusseldorf brings under one roof manufacturers of medical, orthopaedic and laboratory technology, medical furniture commodities and consumables. Providers of information and communication technology are also well represented. Visitors from diverse fields attend the trade fair - from hospital managers, physiotherapists and general practitioners to medical trade companies, R&D specialists and legislators.
Past editions
From 11 Nov 2024 until 14 Nov 2024
From 13 Nov 2023 until 16 Nov 2023
| Exhibitors | 6,105 | 851 | 5,254 |
| Visitors | 82,830 | 18,834 | 63,996 |
From 14 Nov 2022 until 17 Nov 2022
| Exhibitors | 5,221 | 831 | 4,390 |
| Visitors | 81,516 | 19,346 | 62,170 |
From 15 Nov 2021 until 18 Nov 2021
| Exhibitors | 3,523 | 708 | 2,815 |
| Visitors | 45,611 | 12,269 | 33,342 |
From 16 Nov 2020 until 19 Nov 2020
| Exhibitors | 1,500 | | |
| Visitors | 45,000 | | |
From 18 Nov 2019 until 21 Nov 2019
| Exhibitors | 6,398 | 1,128 | 5,270 |
| Visitors | 111,154 | 28,567 | 82,587 |
From 12 Nov 2018 until 15 Nov 2018
| Exhibitors | 6,070 | 1,172 | 4,898 |
| Visitors | 109,890 | 29,890 | 80,000 |
From 13 Nov 2017 until 16 Nov 2017
| Exhibitors | 5,931 | 1,193 | 4,738 |
| Visitors | 113,582 | 31,803 | 81,779 |
From 14 Nov 2016 until 17 Nov 2016
| Exhibitors | 5,891 | 1,306 | 4,585 |
| Visitors | 117,902 | 35,158 | 82,744 |
From 16 Nov 2015 until 19 Nov 2015
| Exhibitors | 5,750 | 1,311 | 4,439 |
| Visitors | 123,456 | 47,901 | 75,555 |
What makes it special
The exhibition doesn’t overshadow the event programme - they drive progress in perfect unison. The forums (including MEDICA Health IT, MEDICA Connected Healthcare, MEDICA Wound Care, etc.) and special shows cover a broad range of medical-technological themes. Each of these events has its devoted audience. The recent addition, MEDICA Startup COMPETITION, and the Healthcare Innovation World Cup are promoting young companies, mainly in the area of digital health.
IDS 
CPhI Worldwide 
EXPOPHARM 
REHACARE International 
COMPAMED 
Pharmapack Europe 
Arab Health 
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