Sweden On Lookout For Innovative Medical Devices To Be Used From Home

Sweden is searching for innovative devices that patients can use at home as part of its latest horizon scanning project. Medtech Insight spoke to an expert about the latest developments in and fundamentals of Sweden’s medical device market access system.

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Medical devices that can be used to diagnose, treat or assist with follow-up care in an outpatient setting are the target of Sweden’s latest horizon scanning project, conducted by the TLV (Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket).

Known in English as the Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency, the TLV is an agency of the Swedish government that...

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