Politics and Strategy

The TMF facilitates dialogue between research, politics, and society. We advocate for reliable framework conditions, sustainable funding, and the expansion of digital infrastructures to enable medical innovations and a future-proof healthcare system. Engaging with policymakers and organizations is important to us in order to provide impulses and collaboratively develop effective concepts and solutions through dialogue.

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Innovationspapier zur Förderung des Gesund­heits­forschungs- und Wirtschaftsstandorts

Die TMF, der Verband forschender Pharma-Unternehmen (vfa) und der Bundesverband Medizintechnologie (BVMed) fordern in einem gemeinsamen Positionspapier konkrete Maßnahmen, um Deutschland als führenden Standort für Gesundheitsforschung und Innovation zu stärken. Im Zentrum stehen bessere Strukturen für Translation und Transfer – etwa durch Translationszentren an Universitätskliniken, digitale Datenplattformen und neue Partnerschaftsmodelle.

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The TMF's Impulses for the 2025 Federal Election

Over the past quarter-century, extensive expertise and experience have been developed, research infrastructures and processes have been established, and experts have been attracted and integrated. In light of the upcoming federal election, the TMF is formulating priorities and demands based on this expertise to strengthen research in Germany, fully leverage the potential of digitalization in healthcare, and promote translation between research and industry.

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Statements (German only)

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