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SmartTRAK Wound Market Analyses

April 22: SmartTRAK Financial Dashboard estimates the WW Compression market reached almost $3.0B in 2024, with the US comprising the majority share at 48.6%, followed by the EU at 10.2%.

April 1:   For Q424, the total US AWC market reached $2.55B, up +18.3% YoY, led by Biologics holding the majority at 70.1% share, followed by External Devices at 15.0% share and Advanced Dressings at 14.8% share according to SmartTRAK Financial Dashboard.

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Featured Commentaries

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Blog
04/22/2025
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior Analysts Elizabeth Anderson and Jay Merkel discuss the impact of delay and how industry players may choose to react. On April 11, 2025, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that...
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior Analysts Elizabeth Anderson and Jay Merkel discuss the impact of delay and how industry players may choose to react. On April 11, 2025, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that...
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior...
04/22/2025
Wounds
AI in Wound Diagnostics slide
Blog
04/07/2025
SmartTRAK highlights four wound diagnostics companies utilizing artificial intelligence to watch in 2025.
SmartTRAK highlights four wound diagnostics companies utilizing artificial intelligence to watch in 2025.
SmartTRAK highlights four wound...
04/07/2025
Wounds
Feel the Pressure: Compression Trends for 2025
Blog
02/20/2025
SmartTRAK highlights the key trends in the US Compression Therapy market that will drive growth over the next few years.
SmartTRAK highlights the key trends in the US Compression Therapy market that will drive growth over the next few years.
SmartTRAK highlights the key...
02/20/2025
Wounds
Market Responds to Final MAC LCDs
Blog
01/08/2025
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on December 31, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/market-responds-to-final-mac-lcds. Reposted with permission. SmartTRAK looks at the market’s response to the recently finalized...
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on December 31, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/market-responds-to-final-mac-lcds. Reposted with permission. SmartTRAK looks at the market’s response to the recently finalized...
This blog was originally...
01/08/2025
Wounds
Facing the Payback Crisis: Challenges Threatening Italy’s Medical Device Sector
Blog
11/26/2024
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Gennaro Broya de Lucia, president of the National Board of Directors at PMI Sanità, offers a comprehensive summary of the challenges for the medical device market in Italy, which places hundreds of companies at...
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Gennaro Broya de Lucia, president of the National Board of Directors at PMI Sanità, offers a comprehensive summary of the challenges for the medical device market in Italy, which places hundreds of companies at...
In an interview with SmartTRAK,...
11/26/2024
Wounds
Reimbursement Changes: Wound Dressings Under Threat in Germany
Blog
10/01/2024
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Dr. Willi Schnorpfeil, an expert in reimbursement strategies, offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes for advanced wound care products in Germany, which pose a potential threat to both market...
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Dr. Willi Schnorpfeil, an expert in reimbursement strategies, offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes for advanced wound care products in Germany, which pose a potential threat to both market...
In an interview with SmartTRAK,...
10/01/2024
Wounds
Skin Substitute Market Rocked by DOJ Investigations
Blog
08/08/2024
SmartTRAK believes the billions of dollars of Medicare abuse already uncovered is the tip of the iceberg in services billed to Medicare via the Physician Fee Schedule.
SmartTRAK believes the billions of dollars of Medicare abuse already uncovered is the tip of the iceberg in services billed to Medicare via the Physician Fee Schedule.
SmartTRAK believes the billions...
08/08/2024
Wounds
Medicare Administrative Contractors' (MACs) LCD Changes: Impact on Skin Substitutes/CTPs
Blog
05/29/2024
All seven MACs, in a united front, released proposed changes to the LCDs, which govern Skin Substitute/CTP use for DFUs and VLUs. SmartTRAK looks at the potential impact on the market.
All seven MACs, in a united front, released proposed changes to the LCDs, which govern Skin Substitute/CTP use for DFUs and VLUs. SmartTRAK looks at the potential impact on the market.
All seven MACs, in a united...
05/29/2024
Wounds
Vaporox Company Spotlight
Blog
05/07/2024
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on May 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/vaporox-company-spotlight. Reposted with permission. New leadership at Vaporox to launch a second generation of vaporous hyperoxia...
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on May 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/vaporox-company-spotlight. Reposted with permission. New leadership at Vaporox to launch a second generation of vaporous hyperoxia...
This blog was originally...
05/07/2024
Wounds
Swedish Wound Care Companies – You Win Some, You Lose Some
Blog
04/10/2024
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on April 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/swedish-wound-care-companies-you-win-some-you-lose-some. Reposted with permission. It is difficult to make it as a small to midsize...
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on April 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/swedish-wound-care-companies-you-win-some-you-lose-some. Reposted with permission. It is difficult to make it as a small to midsize...
This blog was originally...
04/10/2024
Wounds
Title slide
Blog
04/22/2025
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior Analysts Elizabeth Anderson and Jay Merkel discuss the impact of delay and how industry players may choose to react. On April 11, 2025, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that...
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior Analysts Elizabeth Anderson and Jay Merkel discuss the impact of delay and how industry players may choose to react. On April 11, 2025, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that...
Wound GM Kris Flinn and Senior...
04/22/2025
Wounds
AI in Wound Diagnostics slide
Blog
04/07/2025
SmartTRAK highlights four wound diagnostics companies utilizing artificial intelligence to watch in 2025.
SmartTRAK highlights four wound diagnostics companies utilizing artificial intelligence to watch in 2025.
SmartTRAK highlights four wound...
04/07/2025
Wounds
Feel the Pressure: Compression Trends for 2025
Blog
02/20/2025
SmartTRAK highlights the key trends in the US Compression Therapy market that will drive growth over the next few years.
SmartTRAK highlights the key trends in the US Compression Therapy market that will drive growth over the next few years.
SmartTRAK highlights the key...
02/20/2025
Wounds
Market Responds to Final MAC LCDs
Blog
01/08/2025
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on December 31, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/market-responds-to-final-mac-lcds. Reposted with permission. SmartTRAK looks at the market’s response to the recently finalized...
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on December 31, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/market-responds-to-final-mac-lcds. Reposted with permission. SmartTRAK looks at the market’s response to the recently finalized...
This blog was originally...
01/08/2025
Wounds
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Clinician Commentary
12/02/2024
Jeesha Patel, DPM
Podiatry Today touched down with Jeesha Patel, DPM, a second-year resident at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts for highlights from the poster she co-authored at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall.
Podiatry Today touched down with Jeesha Patel, DPM, a second-year resident at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts for highlights from the poster she co-authored at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall.
Podiatry Today touched down with...
12/02/2024
Podiatry Today
Facing the Payback Crisis: Challenges Threatening Italy’s Medical Device Sector
Blog
11/26/2024
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Gennaro Broya de Lucia, president of the National Board of Directors at PMI Sanità, offers a comprehensive summary of the challenges for the medical device market in Italy, which places hundreds of companies at...
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Gennaro Broya de Lucia, president of the National Board of Directors at PMI Sanità, offers a comprehensive summary of the challenges for the medical device market in Italy, which places hundreds of companies at...
In an interview with SmartTRAK,...
11/26/2024
Wounds
Reimbursement Changes: Wound Dressings Under Threat in Germany
Blog
10/01/2024
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Dr. Willi Schnorpfeil, an expert in reimbursement strategies, offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes for advanced wound care products in Germany, which pose a potential threat to both market...
In an interview with SmartTRAK, Dr. Willi Schnorpfeil, an expert in reimbursement strategies, offers a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes for advanced wound care products in Germany, which pose a potential threat to both market...
In an interview with SmartTRAK,...
10/01/2024
Wounds
Skin Substitute Market Rocked by DOJ Investigations
Blog
08/08/2024
SmartTRAK believes the billions of dollars of Medicare abuse already uncovered is the tip of the iceberg in services billed to Medicare via the Physician Fee Schedule.
SmartTRAK believes the billions of dollars of Medicare abuse already uncovered is the tip of the iceberg in services billed to Medicare via the Physician Fee Schedule.
SmartTRAK believes the billions...
08/08/2024
Wounds
Medicare Administrative Contractors' (MACs) LCD Changes: Impact on Skin Substitutes/CTPs
Blog
05/29/2024
All seven MACs, in a united front, released proposed changes to the LCDs, which govern Skin Substitute/CTP use for DFUs and VLUs. SmartTRAK looks at the potential impact on the market.
All seven MACs, in a united front, released proposed changes to the LCDs, which govern Skin Substitute/CTP use for DFUs and VLUs. SmartTRAK looks at the potential impact on the market.
All seven MACs, in a united...
05/29/2024
Wounds
Vaporox Company Spotlight
Blog
05/07/2024
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on May 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/vaporox-company-spotlight. Reposted with permission. New leadership at Vaporox to launch a second generation of vaporous hyperoxia...
This blog was originally posted on SmartTrak's website on May 2, 2024: https://blog.smarttrak.com/vaporox-company-spotlight. Reposted with permission. New leadership at Vaporox to launch a second generation of vaporous hyperoxia...
This blog was originally...
05/07/2024
Wounds