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Denmark sets the agenda for digital healthcare 

Choose Denmark as a centre for developing innovative products, running clinical trials, validating new technology, and real-world-studies.

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Why international Health Tech companies choose Denmark

With a strategic location and a future-proof digital infrastructure, Denmark is the natural gateway to the Nordic and European MedTech and Digital Health markets. Leading companies such as Medtronic, GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthineers, Phillips Medisize, Intuitive Surgical, Olympus, Roche Diagnostics, Coloplast, ReSound GN, Invacare, Philips Healthcare, Widex, and Cook Group have all chosen to establish operations in Denmark. 

 
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"Denmark’s healthcare system is one of the most advanced and technologically forward-thinking in the world. The culture and infrastructure for healthcare analytics that others are attempting to implement today have been the standard practice in Denmark for nearly 20 years. We are excited for the opportunity to work with Danish hospitals and radiologists to help inform the impact AI will bring to Denmark, the Nordic region, and Europe as a whole."
Kevin Lyman CEO of Enlitic 

Unique to Denmark

A strong cooperative culture

  • Denmark is the ideal sandbox for testing and scaling new healthcare technologies. Your company gets access to excellent research and clinics that are outstanding in implementing new technology in high volume departments. 
  • Public-private collaboration is built into the system - from clinical trials to new value-based healthcare models. 
  • Leading clusters such as HealthTech Hub CPH, Danish Life Science Cluster, Nordic Health Lab and Odense Robotics create strong ecosystems for innovation and cooperation in Denmark. 

Access to top talent in life sciences and tech

  • Denmark offers a strong talent pool across Pharmaceuticals, BioTech, MedTech and Tech. 
  • International tech companies recognise Denmark as an AI hotspot. The go-to place for leading research, talent and innovation in artificial intelligence, robotics, sound technology, mobile technology and quantum technology - backed by a high-trust, ethical business environment.

A truly digital society and healthcare system

  • Denmark leads Europe in digital public services, R&D and digital skills (DESI 2022). 
    The entire Danish healthcare sector is digitalised: patients and providers access records, lab results, and medication information via the unique national health platform, sundhed.dk.
  • Ongoing investments of €5.8 billion in hospital infrastructure and digital health make Denmark even more relevant to global digital health players.
     

World-class health data infrastructure. 

  • The Danish public healthcare system has numerous high-quality comprehensive administrative and medical registries and databases, which have been collected for over half a century. Due to ambitious political reforms all health data will be accessible through one national entry with the establishment of “Digital Health Denmark” in 2026.  
  • Linkable data from centralized health registers from the entire Danish population and biobanks - together with an advanced data infrastructure - create unique opportunities within early-stage development, clinical validation of technology and post-market activities within MedTech & Digital Health.
  • Unique Danish Health data   
    • Data of high quality
    • Covers all areas of the healthcare sector
    • Comprises data on the entire Danish population from cradle to grave
    • Allows for all data to be linked via a unique personal identifier (CPR number) 
 

Why place your health tech activities in Denmark 

  • One of Europes’ leading life science clusters 

▫️A vibrant start-up environment with incubators, funding opportunities, R&D-facilities, office spaces and mentor networks. 
▫️World-class research within tech and life science and a culture for transferring knowledge and technology to the market.
▫️An innovative tech cluster with competencies in computer science, telecommunications and electronics.

  • Unique infrastructure and services for clinical trials and regulation.

▫️A single point of entry to clinical trials and CE guidance
▫️High volume departments with clinics that implement new technology fast 
▫️Efficient, innovation-friendly regulators

  • A strong tradition for public-private partnerships

▫️A culture for user-driven innovation. The Danish healthcare system provides great opportunities for participatory design and patient-centricity.
▫️Easy access to real-life product testing with excellent framework conditions and openness towards pilot projects
▫️A collaborative business environment with strong links between industry players, clusters, universities and hospitals.

  • World-class digital infrastructure and security

▫️High digital literacy and acceptance of new technology within the group of healthcare professionals and patients 
▫️Digitalised, longitudinal, linkable and nationwide health data  
▫️ A single point of entry to health data 

  • Transparent and stable framework conditions   

▫️ Ambitious political strategies and easy access to authorities.
▫️ A highly-skilled and flexible talent pool within life science and tech, with healthcare technology graduates from world-class academic institutions.
▫️ A strategic location near producers of leading, internationally recognised products.
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