Tag: policy
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MedTech Forum 2026 – Stockholm
When Competitiveness Became the Main Signal The MedTech Forum 2026 produced an unusually clear signal. Across three days of sessions and professional exchanges in Stockholm, discussions repeatedly returned to a concern extending beyond regulation alone: whether Europe can maintain the industrial conditions required to convert medical innovation into sustainable scale. MDR and IVDR remained important,…
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IVD Industry Monograph No. 3
Beyond Market Access – Foundations for Sustaining Europe’s IVD Leadership Europe’s diagnostics industry shows visible continuity but declining structural durability. IVD’s share of healthcare expenditure fell from 0.80% in 2009 to 0.60% in 2023. Real growth is weak. Capital duration is stressed. Regulatory and evidence obligations fall disproportionately on smaller suppliers. Five structural gaps—competitiveness, fixed-burden…
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ESCMID Global 2026 Munich
When Diagnostics Became Infrastructure ESCMID Global 2026 offered a clear view of how diagnostics is changing within infectious-disease management. Across five days in Munich, clinicians, microbiologists, researchers, public-health specialists, and industry participants gathered around an extensive scientific programme covering antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics, vaccines, surveillance, emerging pathogens, infection prevention, clinical microbiology, and the broader management of…