HfPT – Health from Portugal
The HfPT project aims to position Portugal as a global hub for the design, development, and production of advanced health solutions.
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
To strengthen the business capacity of SMEs in the Northern region for the development of products and services.
Intervention Area: North, Centre, Lisbon, and Azores
Start Date: 01/11/2021
End Date: 31/12/2025
Total Eligible Investment: €90M
MRR / Next Generation EU Incentive: €70M
Public National/Regional Financial Support: Not applicable
Expected Objectives, Activities, and Results:
The HfPT agenda aims to position Portugal as a global reference hub for the design, development, and production of advanced solutions targeting the health markets, based on innovation and technology. HfPT will focus on four key areas:
- Development of smart health solutions for the digital medtech segment;
- Creation of a national smart health data repository with international reference standards;
- Capacity building for the growth and sophistication of the clinical trials sector in the country;
- Creation of solutions that enhance the potential of the clinical data collection and benchmarking ecosystem, including associated healthcare costs.
These goals will be addressed by a consortium of 88 co-promoters, complementing each other both technically and technologically, concentrating the necessary capacity to achieve the ambitious targets, which aim for the launch of 99 new products.