COVID-19 Information Hub

Our members are working relentlessly to make sure that healthcare workers, patients and healthcare systems get full support in their response to COVID-19. The medical technology industry is committed and engaged in bringing healthcare professionals, patients and Member States all the support they need to contain and combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 information hub provides you with relevant information on activities of the medical technology manufacturers, the European Union and the Member States in addressing the Coronavirus pandemic. Scroll through the page to find out more about:

• The role of medical technology in the acute management of COVID-19
• Latest publications on acute management
• The role of medical technology in building healthcare sector resiliency
• Latest publications on recovery and resiliency

1. The role of medical technology in the acute management of COVID-19

Medical technology plays a vital role in in the response to COVID-19. Whether by testing who may have contracted COVID-19, ensuring that healthcare professionals can work safely or providing citizens with protective equipment, medical technology is pivotal.

Three key categories of health products are critical in these times:
• COVID-19 diagnostic tests: you can learn more about the different type of COVID-19 tests available here.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE): this includes face masks, gloves, protective goggles and suits. More information on PPE is available here.
• Respiratory support equipment: this includes ventilators and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and is a crucial part of intensive care treatment.

Our Director International Affairs, Jesus Rueda Rodriguez, explains more about these products and the way they help in the response on our  MedTech ON AIR podcast (published on 13/11/2020).

To make sure that these products are produced and supplied to hospitals and healthcare systems, our members, both manufacturers and national associations, work relentlessly.

As a trade association, our role is to coordinate and liaise among manufacturers, national associations and EU institutions. Trade associations like MedTech Europe are essentials to make sure that supply chains are not disrupted, access to all medical technologies can continue and information flows between institutions and industry.

As a European association, MedTech Europe supports these efforts. We coordinate and liaise among manufacturers, national associations and EU institutions to make sure that supply chains are not disrupted and access to all medical technologies can continue.

• Position paper: ensuring a successful transition to the new IVD Regulation in light of COVID-19

  Position paper: ensuring a successful transition to the new IVD Regulation in light of COVID-19

  Ensuring a successful transition to the new IVD Regulation in light of COVID-19

• Statement: IVD Industry calls for clear testing protocols to prepare for winter season during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Statement: IVD Industry calls for clear testing protocols to prepare for winter season during the COVID-19 pandemic

  IVD Industry Calls for Clear Testing Protocols to Prepare for the Winter Season during the COVID-19 pandemic

• MedTech Europe Code guidance on COVID-19 emergency support

  MedTech Europe Code guidance on COVID-19 emergency support

  MedTech Europe Code Guidance on COVID-19 Emergency Support (27 March 2020)

• Latest publications on COVID-19 acute management

  Latest publications on COVID-19 acute management

  For a full overview of our materials related to COVID-19, you can visit our resource library.

• COVID-19 response: all MedTech Europe press releases and statements

  COVID-19 response: all MedTech Europe press releases and statements

  Follow this link to find all MedTech Europe press releases and statements related to COVID-19.

2. The role of medical technology in building healthcare sector’s resiliency

Since the pandemic began, we have had to adjust in the way we deliver healthcare. COVID-19 has accelerated the changes in new and existing healthcare practices, as well as the tools to ensure a better access to healthcare in the long term. For a deeper look into this you can listen to the podcast (published on 1/10/2021) below.

• Press Release: MedTech Europe Welcomes the European Chips Act

  Press Release: MedTech Europe Welcomes the European Chips Act

  MedTech Europe welcomes the publication of the European Chips Act and calls upon the European Commission to implement policies ensuring a sufficient supply of chips to the medical technology sector for the benefit of a continuous healthcare delivery.

  Find here the press release.

• MedTech Europe’s recommendations on testing as Europe enters the winter season

  MedTech Europe’s recommendations on testing as Europe enters the winter season

  MedTech Europe offers four recommendation on testing as Europe enters the winter season in order to continue monitoring the development of the COVID-19 pandemic while quickly identifying and distinguishing other respiratory pathogens and disease outbreaks.

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• Reflection Paper: Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations on Purchasing Models

  Reflection Paper: Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations on Purchasing Models

  Reflection Paper: Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations on Purchasing Models

• Reflection paper: integration of digital health in EU healthcare systems

  Reflection paper: integration of digital health in EU healthcare systems

  Recovery/Resilience Agenda: Integration of digital health in the EU healthcare systems

• Reflection paper: sustainable and effective stockpiling for emergency preparedness

  Reflection paper: sustainable and effective stockpiling for emergency preparedness

  Reflection paper on Sustainable and Effective Stockpiling for Emergency Preparedness

• Statement: medical technology industry ready to support the building of a stronger crisis preparedness

  Statement: medical technology industry ready to support the building of a stronger crisis preparedness

  Medical technology industry ready to support the building of a stronger crisis preparedness

• Latest publications on recovery and resilience

  Latest publications on recovery and resilience

  For a full overview of our materials related to COVID-19, you can visit our resource library.

• COVID-19 response: all MedTech Europe press releases and statements

  COVID-19 response: all MedTech Europe press releases and statements

  Follow this link to find all MedTech Europe press releases and statements related to COVID-19.