Earlier in June, EFORT joined forces with the Biomedical Alliance alongside representatives from the European Commission, EFPIA, MedTech Europe, and the Nordic life science sector to tackle the future of European healthcare.
The main focus? The EU health agenda's critical shift toward boost economic competitiveness, while safely keeping patient health standards locked at the highest tier.
Putting Frontline Doctors at the Center of EU Policy
Per Kjaersgaard Andersen (Chair of the BioMed Alliance Medical Device Task Force and EFORT EU Affairs Committee) drove home a vital point: healthcare professionals must have a strong voice in EU policy-making regarding the Medical Device Regulation (MDR). To guide policymakers, he brought forward two crucial blueprints:
Innovation is Here—Now We Must Scale It
The expert panels made it clear that Europe has no shortage of brilliant medical ideas. The real hurdle is creating the right regulatory conditions to scale them. The meeting pointed to the Nordic ecosystem as a perfect roadmap, proving that trust-based data governance, integrated systems, and close clinical collaborations are the key to a safer, faster medical future.
Stay tuned as we continue advocating for practical, evidence-driven policy changes that protect both our surgeons and our patients!