Medica

The UK market has become tougher for smaller innovators, says Andy Mears, CEO of Deltex Medical, which plans to launch a new iteration of its minimally invasive ultrasound-based technology, the oesophageal Doppler monitor. He explained how market access challenges have steepened.

When federal chancellor Olaf Scholz lost his parliamentary vote of confidence in mid-December, it officially opened up the way for the elections the German leader had already penciled in for 23 February. The medtech industry has not been slow to set out its demands of the incoming government.

The implosion of the German coalition government left unfinished business for the medtech industry. The coalition to emerge from the 23 February general election must consult more with industry, Spectaris’ head of medtech Marcus Kuhlmann said at Medica 2024.

Germany’s governing coalition may have folded, but embattled health minister Lauterbach has championed his hospital reform bill to the last. Now voted through in the upper house of parliament, the bill to reform diagnosis related groups and hospital care delivery will come into force on 1 January.