Public Affairs
Shaping Policy Today
to Support
Innovation Tomorrow
Laws, regulations and policies shape healthcare and impact advancements in research and the industry. Our goal is to share our insights with policymakers while remaining fully accountable and transparent.
Laws, regulations and policies shape healthcare and impact advancements in research and the industry. Our goal is to share our insights with policymakers while remaining fully accountable and transparent.
When it comes industry innovation and health data, our vision is grounded in three words: Access. Utilize. Protect.
Legal Frameworks
Responsibility & Transparency
The development of laws and regulations is a two-way street. Companies need to be well informed about existing and planned legal conditions so they can adapt their actions accordingly. It is also essential that industry experts make their knowledge available to decision makers in a transparent and professional manner.
This knowledge can inform public authorities about the consequences of their decisions, which alternatives might be possible, or, proactively, where legal certainty needs to be improved. Ill-considered legal frameworks could jeopardize medical technology locations in Germany, and with them tax revenues and jobs. This support is not at odds with transparency: We are always ready to share the viewpoints and ideas that will serve our mission – making an impact on patients’ lives.
Transparency Registers
Transparency registers enable companies to demonstrate their own values and clearly separate themselves from unethical or illegal activities. Brainlab therefore welcomes any form of mandatory transparency in the form of registers at various levels. Transparency registers allow the press and the public to get their own picture of private actors, as well as to judge their expenditures and contacts with the public sector. Transparency promotes information, and information promotes democracy.
State level
Some federal states in Germany maintain lobby registers and require registrations under different modalities. Nationwide, Brainlab is listed in the Bavarian Lobby Register. Since early 2022, companies wishing to represent interests vis-à-vis the Bavarian Parliament or the Bavarian State Government must register here.
See state level registry (PDF)Federal level
Since the beginning of 2022, all interest representatives must register in the lobby register of the German Bundestag (federal parliament) with the intention to contact members of the German Bundestag or the Federal Government for the purpose of influencing decision-making processes.
See federal level registryEU level
The European Transparency Register is an EU-wide database of companies and organizations that seek to influence decision-making processes at the EU level. Brainlab is voluntarily registered in this non-mandatory database. However, a quasi-mandatory register is being sought at an EU level, a move we very much welcome.
See EU level registryMembership Associations
Participation and representation on state, national and international levels need teamwork. Since legislative decisions often impact whole industries, rather than each working on their own, companies connect within trade associations in order to aggregate their voices. In strict compliance with competition laws, associations help to inform their members about developments in business and politics that are relevant to them and jointly take and communicate viewpoints both reactively and proactively.
BVMed (German Medical Technology Association)
Representing over 240 manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers in the MedTech and medical provider industry, among them some of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, BVMed connects and supports its members in grasping and shaping legal frameworks that regard this highly regulated industry.
BVMedOstasiatischer Verein (German Asia-Pacific Business Association)
The OAV offers the exchange of expertise and experience in business activities with Asia. Events, initiatives, and publications help the association’s members to stay informed about the volatile developments in this dynamically growing market and support them utilizing its potential.
Ostasiatischer VereinGrüner Wirtschaftsdialog e.V. (Green Business Dialogue)
The Grüner Wirtschaftsdialog (Green Economic Dialogue) aims to provide its members with a platform that promotes the exchange of positions and ideas between politics and economy from the perspective of sustainable transformation towards an eco-social market economy.
Grüner Wirtschaftsdialog e.V.Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. (Economic Forum of the SPD)
Founded in 2015, the social democratic “Wirtschaftsforum” sees itself as a platform for companies of any size promoting an exchange between political and economic leaders and consolidating the social market economy in Germany and Europe.
Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V.Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union e.V. (The Economic Council)
The Bavarian Economic Council is a politically independent association and represents nearly 1,900 companies, from SME to multinational. It provides a network for its members and leaders in Bavaria, Germany and the EU. Its vision is a modern economic and social system and economic policies close to the social market economy of Ludwig Erhard.
Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union e.V.Our Team
Interested in learning more about our vision and involvement in policy making for health data?
Contact our Government Affairs team.
Bela Bach
Director Business Development Level Ex
Phone: +49 89 99 1568 0
Mail:
[email protected]
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Additional Resources
Discussion Papers
Impulse for a German Law on the Use of Health Data (German)
Impulse on the Proposal of a European Health Data Space (German)
Impulse on the Proposal of a European Health Data Space (English)
10 Main Critique Points on the Proposal of a European Health Data Space (German)
Impulse on the Proposal of a European Data Act (German)