BSHR HealthPort - Procurement as major source of boosting health care innovation

The Health Care Sector is a huge driver for a competitive and knowledge based health economy in the Baltic Sea Region. To facilitate commercialization from research findings, universities and other state actors must be able to invest in interesting innovation activities. One barrier is the current procurement legislation stating certain rules that complicates the purchasing processes.

Read the full text article by Christoffer Hermansson and Boo Edgar, University of Gothenburg, following the link below. The article is a result of the BSHR HealthPort project co-financed by the Baltic Sea Region programme 2007-2013.

http://www.scanbalt.org/files/graphics/ScanBalt%20member%20documents/For%20all%20members/Procurement%20as%20major%20source%20of%20innovation.pdf