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Views on patient access to medical technologies that change and save lives.

Access Regulation

Posted on 15.07.2026

New EU rules make it easier to keep trusted medical devices on the market

By Jana Russo, Senior Expert Medical Devices

Access Regulation

Posted on 23.06.2026

Smarter regulation, here and now: making the most of the MDR/IVDR simplification proposal

Between sessions at the MedTech Forum 2026, we sat down with Flora Giorgio, Head of Unit D3 for Medical Devices at the European Commission’s DG SANTE. In this conversation, we unpack some of the most consequential files in medtech policy right now: from the revision of the Medical Devices Regulation (#MDR) and the In Vitro […]

Access Regulation Value of the Sector

Posted on 03.06.2026

Buying European is not enough: Europe must buy better

By Oliver Bisazza, Chief Executive Officer, MedTech Europe

Access

Posted on 05.05.2026

When the doctor is the asthma patient

By Karen Finn, Freelance writer, editor

Access Business

Posted on 07.04.2026

Medical sovereignty is not a slogan

By Oliver Bisazza, Chief Executive Officer, MedTech Europe

Access

Posted on 27.01.2026

Patient safety by design: a systems approach to preventing harm

By Greg Quinn, Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, BD

Access

Posted on 17.09.2025

Where would we be without medical technology?

By Karen Finn, Freelance writer, editor

Access

Posted on 05.05.2025

Will the EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation boost medtech innovation?

By Andrea Rappagliosi, Senior Vice President Public Affairs EMECLA, Edwards Lifesciences

Access

Posted on 29.04.2025

Wanted: clear assessment criteria for digital health technologies

By Katarzyna Markiewicz-Barreaux, AI Strategic Intelligence Lead, Philips

Access

Posted on 21.11.2024

Why now is the time to talk about procurement in the medical technology sector

By Hans Bax, Senior Advisor Value & Innovation-based Access

Access

Posted on 27.09.2024

The Value of Diagnostics

Access Cancer

Posted on 18.10.2023

Increasing Education of Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer Survivors

By Alex Holmes, Mentor EMEA Lead, J&J MedTech