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Denmark is one of Europe’s leading medical technology nations – and base for a critical mass of world-leading companies.
When it comes to medical technology, Denmark is one of Europe’s leading medical technology nations. Many world-leading players are based here, including Coloplast, ReSound GN, Invacare, Oticon, Philips Healthcare, Widex, Cook Group and Agilent.

We can offer your business a number of attractive opportunities. Whether you seek research and development collaborations, design and innovation expertise, test and demonstration facilities, public-private partnerships or high-tech production, you will find everything right here.

When you place your medical technology activities in Denmark, your company gets access to:

  • A collaborative business environment with strong links between industry players, universities and hospitals.
  • Profound knowledge of the three main building blocks of the medical technology industry: medtech design, engineering and clinical competence.
  • A culture for participatory design.
  • A highly-skilled talent pool, with healthcare technology graduates from world-class academic institutions.
  • Basic and applied research – and a culture for transferring knowledge and technology to the market.
  • An innovative tech cluster with competencies in computer science, telecommunications and electronics.
  • A strategic location near producers of leading, internationally recognised products.

Denmark has world-class expertise in the following areas:

Medical diagnostics

  • Immediate access to a world-class talent pool and academic institutions of proven excellence.
  • A strong knowledge base with diagnostic equipment knowledge at business and university level.
  • Cutting edge research and development.
  • Broad capabilities within engineering and medical disciplines.
  • Easy access to computer science, telecommunications and electronics resources from Denmark’s innovative tech cluster.

Medical disposables

  • Strategic location close to the industry leaders behind well-known international products, for example Ambu, Coloplast, Dansac, Novo Nordisk and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
  • Access to world-class academic institutions within materials science.
  • Innovative, interdisciplinary approach to new product design and production.
  • A strong focus on technology, design, functionality, high quality and user-friendliness.
  • Proven capabilities within translating end-user needs into state-of-the-art products.

Assistive technologies

  • Internationally recognised products and services.
  • Pioneering reputation within the elderly and disabled sector, based on a socio-political will to ensure equal opportunities for all.
  • Innovative industry players dedicated to designing products and services that meet the needs of disabled people.
  • Development and production strategies based on user input.
  • Design focus on functionality, quality and user-friendliness.

Why Medtronic invests in Denmark Mette-Marie Harild, Vice President

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The Danish medtech industry in numbers

  • Denmark is home to approx. 900 companies that operate in the medtech field. More than 250 are dedicated medtech companies.
  • More than 95 percent of Danish medtech revenue is generated in export markets – making Denmark one of Europe’s largest exporters of medical technology products per capita.
  • The productivity of the medtech industry in Denmark is almost twice as high as the Danish business community in general.
  • Dedicated medtech companies employ 15,000+ people, with an additional 22,000+ people employed as subcontractors. Measured per capita, this makes Denmark the third largest medtech employer in Europe.

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