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Bernasconi: Europe Needs A Better Strategic Rudder For Medtech Innovation Policy

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Always ready to frame the needs of EU medtechs clearly and succinctly, MedTech Europe CEO Serge Bernasconi says that the local industry in the future could benefit from more strategic direction and support from a dedicated EU agency or similar tighter governance structure.

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The news and views came thick and fast as MedTech Europe CEO Serge Bernasconi opened the 2022 MedTech Forum, with in-person attendance possible at the event for the first time in three years ̶ the threat from COVID-19 being deemed to have lessened significantly.

It has been this way since Bernasconi assumed the hot seat some 10 years ago

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