Medtech4 Europe

Medical technologies are a key sector for the future in Europe by bringing solutions to reduce healthcare costs in a context of ageing population. With the emergence of new and cross-sectoral technologies, it is one of the most innovative high-tech sectors which faces a strong world competition requiring each time more innovation. 

In this context, public authorities at regional level need to contribute to strengthen the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) ecosystem in favour of innovative medical technology industry in generating economic growth, creating jobs and providing solutions for patients and healthcare systems in the regions.

Objective

Our objective is to improve public policies in favour of RDI facilities to be more adapted to the specificities of the medtech sector.

Main activities and outputs

• State of play of the medtech sector in each partner’s region;
• Joint cross analysis;
• Self assessment of regional policies, benchmarking of regional innovation ecosystems, mapping of excellence domains;
• Study visits and workshops;
• Local Action Plans.

Expected results

Thanks to the exchange of experience between regions and identification of best practices, the partners will be able to implement new solutions to improve their regional policies, in particular:

• Strengthen the innovation ecosystem for the medtech sector;
• Develop business models of RDI infrastructures giving better access to SME’s;
• Implement new RDI interregional projects with the identification of complementary excellence domains between regions.