MedTech Europe responds to the European Innovation Act Call for Evidence
Posted on 06.10.2025
MedTech Europe has submitted recommendations to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the forthcoming European Innovation Act. The European Commission positions the Innovation Act as a flagship tool to remove barriers to commercialisation and diffusion across the Single Market. It is designed to complement life sciences initiatives that accelerate market access and scale investment along the value chain.
MedTech Europe sees a strong opportunity to empower Europe’s innovation ecosystem through this Act. It should help turn health innovation into patient benefit, support ongoing reforms for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics, and align with the new Strategy for European Life Sciences to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and resilience. In our response, MedTech Europe calls for practical measures that work in real settings: better access to finance, stronger skills, innovation-friendly procurement, and effective governance. These tools can speed patient access, reduce fragmentation, and reinforce Europe’s leadership in health innovation.
Key points of MedTech Europe’s submission
- Calls for an enabling Act that streamlines pathways from research to market without substituting urgently needed sectoral reforms (including MDR/IVDR, digital and environmental files), ensuring coherence and better governance across policies affecting medical technology.
- Urges explicit recognition of medical technology as a strategic sector, with measures to close scale-up finance gaps, strengthen public–private partnerships, and support late-stage validation and first adoption in health systems.
- Recommends innovation-friendly public procurement and consistent use of Most Economically Advantageous Tender criteria to reward outcomes and value, boosting diffusion and patient access across the Single Market.
- Proposes stronger EU–national coordination, including a health innovation platform and alignment with FP10, to reduce fragmentation and accelerate uptake of collaborative research results.
Read our recommendations below.