HOSPITALAR 2009 beats new records: 86,000 professional visits and US$ 2,5 billion in business deals HOSPITALAR 2009, held from June 2nd to 5th in São Paulo (Brazil), closed its 16th edition with results that put the Brazilian healthcare sector in the opposite direction of the crisis. The fair presented new records in number of visitors, exhibitors and sales results: in four days, HOSPITALAR received 86,000 professional visits from more than 60 countries, representing 10% of growth over the 2008 edition. The amount of deals and business set by exhibitors reached US$ 2.5 billion, also meaning a growth of 7%. Program mobilizes entrepreneurs and society for the construction of a hospital The plastic artist Bia Dória, the medical doctor Waleska Santos, President of Hospitalar Fair and Forum, and the architect Lauro Miquelin, Development Manager in L + M GETS, presented to the health market the Program Building Health. Worldwide healthcare market has a turnover of US$ 3 trillion The worldwide healthcare market has grown an average of 5.5% a year. In 2005, the chain reached a global number higher than US$ 3 trillion “and nothing indicates a reduction on this for the next couple of years”, highlights the entrepreneur Franco Pallamolla. Hospitalar’s opening ceremony confirmed the health sector’s good moment in Brazil Hospitalar’s opening ceremony, which took place on June 2nd, was held in a climate of optimism due to the good moment that the healthcare sector is currently going through in Brazil. Hospitalar honors Adib Jatene, MD In an atmosphere of deep emotion, the cardiologist Adib Jatene, MD, received the Hospitalar 2009 Award – Personality of the Year in Healthcare. Business Roundtable generates US$ 12.8 million in exportations The quality of the Brazilian medical and hospital products has once again surprised the foreign buyers. 18 representatives from foreign countries participated in the International Business Roundtable and generated US$ 12.8 million in business deals with 52 Brazilian companies. The exportations were prospected in 565 meetings held during Hospitalar. United Kingdom brought 21 companies to Hospitalar That was the largest British pavilion from all Hospitalar editions. This reflects the size of the healthcare industry in the United Kingdom: the exportations of this sector have an annual value surpassing the US$ 597 million.   French technology gained prominence in Hospitalar UBIFRANCE (French Agency for the Companies International Development) and the France Economy Missions network promoted a large participation of French companies in Hospitalar.