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MedTech Europe

Business group · Health & pharma · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, MedTech Europe appears in 109 declared MEP meetings (51 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

109
declared meetings
with current MEPs
51
MEPs met
€1.5M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“MedTech Europe is the European trade association representing the medical technology manufacturers that produce diagnostics, medical devices and digital health solutions in Europe. MedTech Europe's mission is to make safe and innovative medical technology available to more people.”

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“MedTech Europe aims to: * promote the value and contribution of the medical technology industry * raise awareness about the role that innovative medical technologies play in providing solutions to Europe’s ever-growing healthcare needs * anticipate and respond to new business trends * develop scientific expertise on questions of economic, medical and technical nature related to the medical technology industry * collect, develop and communicate reliable data on a wide variety of issues to its members * provide services, support and information that add value to our members * encourage the contribution of the medical technology industry to EU industrial competitiveness and sustainable healthcare systems […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 109 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party5954%
Socialists & Democrats2927%
Renew Europe1211%
European Conservatives & Reformists66%
Greens/EFA33%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (48 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2020
2
2021
3
2022
5
2023
10
2024
23
2025
18
2026
48

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tomislav Sokol
9 meetings · EPP
Tiemo Wölken
8 meetings · S&D
Andreas Glück
6 meetings · Renew
Birgit Sippel
6 meetings · S&D
András Tivadar Kulja
5 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Oct 2026Michalis HadjipantelaMedical Devices Regulation
12 Oct 2026Tiemo WölkenMDR/IVDR Revision
1 Oct 2026Marie-Sophie ChristMDR/IVDR Revision
24 Sep 2026Birgit SippelDigital omnibus
21 Sep 2026Elena Nevado del CampoMedical devices regulation
11 Sep 2026Adam JarubasMDR IVDR
9 Sep 2026Aurelijus VerygaMedical Devices Regulation Revision: Simplification, Patient Safety and Innovation
8 Sep 2026Marie-Sophie ChristExchange on the MDR/VDR Revision
26 Aug 2026Michalis HadjipantelaGeneral Budget
19 Aug 2026Sirpa PietikäinenMDR / IVDR revision
15 Jul 2026András Tivadar KuljaMDR
10 Jul 2026Victor NegrescuRevision of the EU medical devices framework
7 Jul 2026Marion WalsmannGesetzesrahmen für Medizin­technikprodukte (MDR/IVDR)
7 Jul 2026Reinis PozņaksRevision of the Medical Devices Regulations
7 Jul 2026Michalis HadjipantelaMedical Devices Regulations

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