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Collaborative working between HCPs and medtech companies is a key driver for innovation and advancements in patient care. HCPs and companies interact at every stage of product development: from early design, scientific research and clinical studies, to support for medical education that ensures the safe and effective use of technologies.

These relationships deliver high quality patient outcomes and advance the management of diseases. While these exchanges and collaborations are essential, they also need to be structured via a healthy and transparent working relationship between the industry and HCPs/HCOs.

The Code regulates in detail how these collaborations, in particular in the field of R&D and HCP medical education (e.g. medical congresses, scholarships etc.) should be structured in order to avoid any resemblance of improperness.

Education and Training

MedTech Europe has developed the following training and communication material on the new Code of Ethical Business Practice.

  • Training video
  • Leaflet for Healthcare Professionals

    Leaflet for Healthcare Professionals

    MedTech Europe has developed two leaflets outlining the key changes in the new Code aimed at Healthcare Professionals and representatives from Healthcare Organisations, such as for example medical societies and hospitals.

    • Leaflet for Healthcare Professionals (HCPs). Available also in other languages: DE, FR, ES, IT
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  • Leaflet for Healthcare Organisations

    Leaflet for Healthcare Organisations

    MedTech Europe has developed two leaflets outlining the key changes in the new Code aimed at Healthcare Professionals and representatives from Healthcare Organisations, such as for example medical societies and hospitals.

    • Leaflet for Healthcare Organisations (HCOs). Available also in other languages: DE, FR, ES, IT
    Download
  • Training slide-deck for legal and compliance professionals

    Training slide-deck for legal and compliance professionals

    Two training slide-decks are available and give a comprehensive overview of the new MedTech Europe Code as well as information on transposition and implementation:

    • for legal and compliance professionals.
    Download
  • Training slide-deck for sales and business representative

    Training slide-deck for sales and business representative

    Two training slide-decks are available and give a comprehensive overview of the new MedTech Europe Code as well as information on transposition and implementation:

    • for sales and business representative.
    Download
  • Annual Global Compliance MedTech Conference (GMTCC)

    Annual Global Compliance MedTech Conference (GMTCC)

    The annual GMTCC is one of the largest initiatives focused on the global compliance issues confronting the medical device and diagnostics industry. This is an association-led and organized initiative to reduce corruption risk and drive global harmonization of compliance laws and enforcement. The conference is designed to educate, stimulate interactive discussions and share best practices on timely global compliance challenges. This conference brings together regulators, industry CEOs, senior compliance professionals, legal officers, both small and large MedTech manufacturers from across the globe, as well as NGOs, physicians associations and outside counsels.

  • National Codes
  • Template Grant Agreement

    Template Grant Agreement

    These two templates were developed to illustrate how a company Grant Agreements and Grant Request Forms could look like.

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  • Template Request Form

    Template Request Form

    These two templates were developed to illustrate how a company Grant Agreements and Grant Request Forms could look like.

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  • Educational Grant process mapping

    Educational Grant process mapping

    This chart aims at illustrating the necessary steps for the different parties involved in a Grant Agreement.

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Key topics

Ethical Medtech Picture

Ethical MedTech

EthicalMedTech is MedTech Europe‘s compliance portal. It hosts the following medtech industry’s initiatives in ethics and compliance as well as valuable resources.

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Transparency picture

Transparency

Transparency is essential to ethical business practices in general and to interactions with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) in particular. Within the healthcare sector, ‘transparency’ is defined in various ways.

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Intermediaries and Distributors Picture

Intermediaries and Distributors

To ensure and enhance patient and clinician access to innovative, reliable and effective medical technologies, it is often necessary for medtech companies to engage third parties to assist with marketing, sales and distribution.

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