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Healthtech Source Booklet:
Regulatory and policy developments
2025 Edition
Healthtech, medtech, pharmatech, biotech, agetech, vettech
1. Research conducted by individuals, companies, associations and universities
1.1. January
1.1.1. International
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World Economic Forum (WEF) & Boston Consulting Group (BCG), The Future of AI-Enabled Health: Leading the Way, Transformation of Industries in the Age of AI, January 2025, accessible here;
1.2. June
1.2.1. International
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World Economic Forum (WEF) & Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Earning Trust for AI in Health: A Collaborative Path Forward, June 2025, accessible here;
1.3. October
1.3.1. International
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World Economic Forum (WEF) & Frontiers, 10 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health, October 2025, accessible here;
2. Reports, guidelines, recommendations and other documents published by regulatory and supervisory authorities, international organizations, and other public institutions and agencies
2.1. March
2.1.1. International
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World Health Organization (WHO), Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health: Guidance on large multi-modal models, March 2025, accessible here;
2.2. April
2.2.1. International
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International Labour Organization (ILO), Revolutionizing health and safety: The role of AI and digitalization at work, April 2025, accessible here;
2.2.2. Europe
2.2.2.1. European Union
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Martin Böhme & Hervé Jeannin, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), The contribution of the robotics metaverse in the medical sector - (own-initiative opinion), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), (C/2025/2008), Official Journal of the European Union, April 2025, accessible here;
2.3. May
2.3.1. International
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World Health Organization (WHO), Health technology assessment of medical devices - Second edition: WHO medical devices technical series, May 2025, accessible here;
2.4. June
2.4.1. Europe
2.4.1.1. European Union
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European Commission, 2025 Digital Decade E-Health Indicator Study, Final Report, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect), Capgemini, June 2025, accessible here;
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Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier, Marcelina Grabowska & Michela Bergamini, Innovation trends in industrial biotechnology a patent landscape analysis, European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC), JRC139154, Publications Office of the European Union, June 2025, accessible here;
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), European economic interest grouping (EEIG) & Open Evidence, Study on the deployment of AI in healthcare, European Commission, Directorate-General for Health & Food Safety (DG SANTE), Publications Office of the European Union, June 2025, accessible here;
2.5. July
2.5.1. International
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU) & World Health Organization (WHO), Shaping ethics, regulation and standardization in AI for health - ITU-WHO Focus Group on AI for Health Final Report, July 2025, accessible here;
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World Health Organization (WHO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) & World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine: technical brief, July 2025, accessible here;
2.5.2. Europe
2.5.2.1. European Union
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Valentin Comte et al., European Commission, AI-driven Innovation in Medical Imaging - Focus on Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Joint Research Center (JRC), JRC142224, Publications Office of the European Union, July 2025, accessible here;
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Rūta Gabaliņa, Atis Migals, & Aida Zepcan, Virtual worlds: how do they affect our health and well-being?, European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT), July 2025, accessible here;
2.6. August
2.6.2. Europe
2.6.2.1. European Union
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Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions action plan on the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers, August 2025, accessible here;
2.7. September
2.7.1. Europe
2.7.1.1. European Union
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Lorenzo Bertolini et al., Explainable AI in Cardiovascular Health - Methods, Applications, and Innovations, European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC), JRC143595, Publications Office of the European Union, September 2025, accessible here;
2.8. October
2.8.1. International
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Amnesty International, Dragged into the rabbit hole: New evidence of TikTok’s risks to children’s mental health, POL 40/0360/2025, October 2025, accessible here;
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World Health Organization (WHO), Digital transformation handbook for health product catalogue, October 2025, accessible here;
2.8.2. Asia
2.8.2.1. United Arab Emirates
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Department of Health Abu Dhabi, Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) Standard, October 2025, accessible here;
2.9. November
2.9.1. International
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Boosting biotechnology innovation through agile regulation and finance instruments, OECD Policy Briefs, November 2025, accessible here;
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World Health Organization (WHO), Artificial intelligence is reshaping health systems: state of readiness across the WHO European Region, November 2025, accessible here;
2.9.2. Europe
2.9.2.1. European Union
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Miguel Barreda Ángeles et al., Virtual Worlds and Well-being: Current Research and Future Directions, European Commission, Novermber 2025, accessible here;
2.10. December
2.10.1. International
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World Health Organization (WHO), Assistive technology progress assessment questionnaire - Tracking progress on access to assistive technology, December 2025, accessible here;
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World Health Organization (WHO), Global strategy on digital health 2020-2027, December 2025, accessible here;
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Synthetic biology, AI and automation - A forward-looking technology assessment, November 2025, accessible here;
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