MedTech Forum 2023: Why The Commission Must Not ‘Shoot For The Moon’ With EHDS Plans

EU policymakers have ambitious goals to enable greater sharing of electronic health data through the creation of a European Health Data Space, but experts at the MedTech Forum conference urged the commission to ensure its regulation is implementable.

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Left to right: Marjolijn Klaver, Jelena Malinina, Ronan Cahill, Wim Vandenberghe • Source: MedTech Forum 2023, MedTech Europe, Dublin

The European Health Data Space (EHDS), announced in May 2022, is among several new digital legislations recently proposed by the European Commission. Its main purpose is to facilitate the sharing of health data from patients between EU health systems, research organizations and industry players.

While huge benefits could arise from the initiative for both patients and medtech companies, three experts agreed during a panel discussion at the MedTech Forum 2023 last week that the...

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