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The Portuguese Health sector,
at a glance
▪ July 2019 ▪
PORTUGAL:
the right place to invest and
build partnerships in Health

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Why Portugal?

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Quality
Innovation
Safety
Competitiveness
Modernity
Health & Wellbeing
The Health sector is a prominent, fast-evolving sector in
Portugal, which has experienced a remarkable evolution
during the last couple of decades.
Why Portugal?
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Portuguese companies are internationally recognised as high-quality
suppliers of healthcare products and services – e.g., pharmaceuticals, medical
devices and other medical technologies –, having high standards of quality and being capable of
developing, manufacturing and supplying a wide range of products and services, with high
flexibility. A consistent offer also exists in the country in terms of contract development and
manufacturing organisations, and producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
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Why Portugal?
“Portugal ranks #25/161 in
the Forbes’ Best Countries
for Business ranking”
“Portugal ranks #34/140
in the Global
Competitiveness Index”
“Portugal ranks #2 amongst
EU countries with the highest pro-
portion of innovative enterprises”
“Portugal ranks #30 amongst
the world’s top exporters of
pharmaceutical products”

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:: Pharma & Biotech | Offer of products/services ::
PRODUCTS / SERVICES /
CAPACITIES / TECHNOLOGIES /
PLATFORMS
▪ Manufacture of basic
pharmaceutical products and
pharmaceutical preparations.
▪ Development of pharmaceutical
synthesis processes.
▪ Production of Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API).
▪ Development of formulations, and
scaling-up, with production of
laboratory and pilot lots.
▪ Production of solid, semisolid and
liquid forms (pills, capsules,
sachets, suppositories, ointments,
pastes, creams, gels, solutions,
suspensions, syrups, drops,
shampoos); sterile (moist heat
sterilization and membrane
filtration) and non-sterile products.
▪ Primary and secondary
packaging material, and
codification and traceability
solutions.
▪ Good Manufacturing Practices
and Quality Control.
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL /
BIOLOGICAL THERAPIES
▪ Antibodies.
▪ Bacteriophages.
▪ Collections of natural products/
extracts, for pharmaceutical and
cosmetic applications.
▪ Development of vaccines.
▪ Cell therapy.
R&D / CLINICAL RESEARCH
▪ Contract R&D.
▪ Pre-clinical and translational
research.
▪ Clinical trials.
THERAPEUTIC AREAS / CLINICAL
SPECIALTIES
▪ Allergology and immunotherapy.
▪ Anaesthesia.
▪ Cardiovascular diseases.
▪ Central nervous system.
▪ Dermatology.
▪ Gastroenterology.
▪ General practice.
▪ Gynaecology and obstetrics.
▪ Hematologic diseases.
▪ Infectious diseases and antibiotic
therapy.
▪ Metabolic diseases.
▪ Musculoskeletal system,
osteoarticular and inflammatory
diseases.
▪ Oncological diseases.
▪ Ophthalmology.
▪ Respiratory diseases.
▪ Treatment of pain / chronic pain.
▪ …
Why Portugal?

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:: Medical Devices, Supplies, Hardware & Services | Offer of products/services ::
MEDICAL DEVICES & HOSPITAL
AND LABORATORY SUPPLIES
▪ Wound dressings, non-woven
swabs, cotton, elastic and tubular
bandages.
▪ Surgical drapes, gowns and other
protection materials.
▪ Technical and functional
textiles/clothing.
▪ Plastic products for hospital use.
▪ Haemodialysis devices.
▪ Surgical and non-surgical sets,
and first-aid materials.
▪ Hygiene and disinfection
products.
▪ Prostheses, orthoses and
technical aids.
▪ Biomaterials, implants and
prostheses for regenerative
medicine (bone reconstruction and
other medical or surgical
procedures).
▪ Containers for biological samples.
▪ Sterilization material.
HOSPITAL AND LABORATORY
HARDWARE
▪ Operating room equipments.
▪ Intensive care unit equipments.
▪ Imaging diagnostic equipments.
▪ Hospital furniture.
▪ Laboratory furniture.
▪ Laboratory equipments.
▪ Medical simulation equipments.
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES /
PLATFORMS (EXCEPT ICT)
▪ Development and processing of
polymeric materials and
composites.
▪ Micro- and nanomolding
technologies.
▪ Sterilization of medical devices
(ethylene oxide).
▪ Medical device testing services
(plastic, woven and non-woven
textiles, ...).
▪ Primary and secondary
packaging material, and
codification and traceability
solutions.
R&D / CLINICAL RESEARCH
▪ Contract R&D.
▪ Pre-clinical and translational
research.
▪ Clinical trials.
Why Portugal?

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:: ICT & Electronics | Offer of products/services ::
SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE
UNITS
▪ Operational, logistics and human
resources management.
▪ Patient management.
▪ Drug circuit management.
▪ Electronic drug prescription.
▪ Management of complementary
means of diagnosis and therapy.
▪ Integration and sharing of clinical
information.
▪ Electronic clinical record.
▪ Decision support software/tools.
▪ 3D biomodelling for medical/
surgical procedures.
▪ Hospital robotics.
▪ Clinical research management.
SOLUTIONS FOR PHARMACIES
▪ Electronic prescription.
▪ Pharmacy management.
▪ Automation and robotics.
▪ Business process management.
OTHER SOLUTIONS
▪ Industrial electronics.
▪ Sensorization.
▪ Codification and traceability
solutions.
▪ Location of goods and people.
▪ Telecommunications and
advanced communication
solutions.
▪ E-learning platforms.
▪ Medical simulation solutions.
▪ 3D multimedia contents.
▪ Solutions for ambient assisted
living, remote monitoring,
telemedicine and telecare.
▪ Applications for mobile devices
(mobile phones, ...).
▪ Personal health record.
Why Portugal?

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Portugal has a vibrant and innovative R&D ecosystem, characterized by the
presence of world-class institutions and scientists. International panels of experts have classified 13
out of 24 Portuguese Life and Health Sciences R&D Units as Exceptional, Excellent or Very Good.
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% total scientific
production in PT
(in 2015)
Medical and Health
Sciences
27%
Medical and Health
Sciences
+ Medical Engineering
+ Life Sciences
38%
Why Portugal?
“Portugal ranks #32/129 in the
Global Innovation Index”
“Portugal ranks #24/129 in the
Global Innovation Index –
Human Capital & Research”

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Portugal has a vibrant and innovative R&D ecosystem, characterized by the
presence of world-class institutions and scientists. International panels of experts have classified 13
out of 24 Portuguese Life and Health Sciences R&D Units as Exceptional, Excellent or Very Good.
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Why Portugal?
R&D expenditure: companies (2017)
R&D expenditure: hospitals (2017)

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Portugal has a high-level education system, which every year graduates thousands
of well-prepared professionals. More than 600 of these new graduations each year correspond to
new doctorates in the areas of life, medical and health sciences, and medical engineering.
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Why Portugal?
“Portugal ranks #17/63 in the
IMD World Talent Ranking”
“Portugal ranks #28/134 in the
Global Knowledge Index”

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Portugal has a high-quality healthcare system, with excellent professionals and
modernly equipped. This quality is regularly assessed by an independent national regulatory
organisation, and there is a growing number of hospitals achieving international accreditation.
The ultimate evidence of the quality of the Portuguese healthcare system consists on the
country’s high-standard health indicators.
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Why Portugal?
“Portugal ranks #13/35 in the
HCP's Euro Health
Consumer Index”
“Portugal ranks #22/56 in the
Bloomberg’s Healthiest
Country Index”
“Portugal ranks #18/56 in the
Bloomberg's Health Care
Efficiency Index”

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Portugal is a competitive partner for contract R&D services and clinical trials,
given the quality of its research infrastructures and its investment-friendly environment. For
instance, the country has recently adopted a new legal/regulatory framework that anticipates some
of the positive changes that the European Clinical Trials Regulation will bring, such as streamlining
application procedures and eliminating unjustified bureaucratic barriers.
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Why Portugal?

13.
Searching for partnership
opportunities in Portugal?

14.
177 Members
Hospitals
Companies:
Pharma & Biotech
2000 PhDs
8500 physicians
8000 beds
1250 M€ turnover
80 M€ in R&D
4000 employees
570 M€ turnover
30 M€ in R&D
6000 employees
R&D Institutions +
Universities
3100 researchers in Health
17 M€ in R&D
130 PhDs
30 PhDs
Companies:
MedTech & Services
The Health Cluster Portugal (HCP)
(www.healthportugal.com)
is a private non-profit association
that currently brings together
over 170 members, including
R&D institutions, universities,
hospitals, organisations from
civil society, and companies
in the areas of pharmaceuticals,
biotechnology, medical
technologies, and services.
Together, these organisations
develop innovative projects in
areas such as translational and
clinical research, active and
healthy ageing, health tourism,
and eHealth, with the purpose of
turning knowledge into new
solutions that contribute to the
improvement of human health.
And also together,
HCP members work to make
Portugal the right place to invest
and build partnerships in Health.
Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
Information about HCP members at
www.healthportugal-directory.com
HEALTH CLUSTER PORTUGAL: FROM KNOWLEDGE TO MARKET

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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
 Find new business opportunities,
new clients and new partners
▪ Possibility to participate in projects
“promoted” by HCP
▪ Use of HCP’s network of contacts
▪ Possibility to present R&D projects
and service centres on the platform
SciPort
▪ Possibility to participate on HCP’s
groups on LinkedIn®, in order to
access/disclose partner searches,
technology offers, etc.
▪ Receive relevant information concerning
business opportunities, partner searches,
opening of calls, funding opportunities, etc.
 Make your organisation more visible
▪ Presence on HCP Membership Directory
with an organisation profile (name, logo,
description, contacts, links, R&D projects,
service centres, announcements)
▪ Presence on HCP’s website, presentations,
newsletters and other promotional materials
▪ Possibility to use the “HCP Member” logo
▪ Promotion (and possible co-presence)
at national and international events
attended by HCP
▪ Possibility to announce press releases,
news, events or other relevant
information on HCP’s website,
newsletter and LinkedIn® groups
 Be in the right place, at the right time
▪ Participation in events organized/
sponsored by HCP at no cost
or at a reduced price
▪ Participation, under special conditions, in
international missions/delegations
▪ Participation in education and training
events promoted/sponsored by HCP
at no cost or at a reduced price
 Know more, know first, and
buy better
▪ Access to high-quality intellectual property
services, provided by world-class offices,
under preferential conditions
▪ Access to clinical trials insurances under
special conditions
▪ Purchase of intelligence reports at special
prices
WHY
JOIN
HCP
[Learn more about why and how to join HCP at http://healthportugal-directory.com/en/why-and-how-to-join-hcp]

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HCP Membership Directory
www.healthportugal-directory.com
Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
A guide of organisations operating in the Portuguese health value chain, including universities, R&D institutions,
hospitals and companies in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, ICT and services

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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
SciPort | Health in Portugal: Science and Technology Resources Database
www.scienceportugal.com
A database of R&D Projects and Service Centres available in Portugal in the domain of Health

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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
HIPOD – Health Innovation and Partnership Opportunities Database
http://hipod.codigomais.eu
A matchmaking platform for/with organisations operating in the Health sector in the
cross-border cooperation region of Galicia (Spain) - Norte (Portugal)

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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
HCP@LinkedIn
www.healthportugal.com/about-us/hcp-linkedin
News & Events | Studies & Reports | Funding opportunities | Partner searches
Technology offers | Job opportunities | Training courses

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HOW CAN TRIS-HCP ASSIST YOU? ARE YOU…
Mission
▪ Foster excellent research and innovation in translational and
clinical sciences.
▪ Contribute to strengthen the competitiveness of health industries.
▪ Connect Academia and Industry, to work together on tackling
societal challenges.
TRIS-HCP is a virtual organisational system within the Health
Cluster Portugal (HCP) that brings together many of the most
prominent Portuguese R&D institutions, hospitals and
academic medical centres, and their respective facilities,
resources, services and expertise in the areas of translational
and clinical research, making them more accessible to other
researchers and companies. TRIS-HCP is integrated in the
Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures 2014-2020.
A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal
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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?

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A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal
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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
Watch the video
“Clinical trials
in Portugal:
getting better,
with you”
[available in Portuguese only]

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:: TRIS-HCP can assist you in finding the right partners for your
R&D projects, since it brings together, through its members, a
wide range of resources and expertise, mainly in the following
specialisation areas:
Diseases
Products &
Technologies
R&D phases /
Resources
▪ Cancer
▪ Cardiovascular
▪ Infectious
▪ Neurological
▪ Metabolic
▪ Rare *
▪ Advanced therapy
medicinal products
and biologics
▪ Biomarkers
▪ Imaging and tracing
▪ Small molecules
▪ Vaccines
▪ Discovery
▪ Pre-clinical
▪ Clinical (Phases I-IV)
▪ Patients
▪ Clinical samples
* Ataxias & movementdisorders; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Lysosomal diseases;Rare ophthalmic diseases;...
A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal
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Note: HCP members benefit from access to clinical trials insurances under
special conditions, through a partnership with Aon Portugal and QBE
Insurance Company. More information available at
http://healthportugal.com/noticias/associados-do-hcp-com-acesso-facilitado-a-seguros.
Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?

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:: TRIS-HCP members provide high-quality, scientific / technological /
analytical services in the following categories:
▪ Animal Facilities / Research Animals
▪ Biobanks / Clinical Samples / Histology / Pathology
▪ Biochemical / Chemical / Structural Analysis
▪ Cell Analysis / Flow Cytometry
▪ Cell Culture and Manipulation
▪ Clinical Genetics
▪ Clinical Research / Clinical Trials
▪ Genomics / Gene Expression Analysis / DNA Sequencing / DNA Synthesis / Real-Time PCR /
Genotyping / Microarray
▪ ICT & Electronics / Bioinformatics / Biomodelling / Biostatistics
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Metabolomics
▪ Microbiology
▪ Microscopy
▪ Molecular fractionation, isolation, purification and production
▪ Proteomics / Peptide Synthesis
▪ Radioactivity
▪ Spectrometry / Crystallography
▪ Stem Cells
▪ Vectors / Virus
▪ Other categories
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A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal
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Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?

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A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal

Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
:: TRIS-HCP creates opportunities for Academia, Industry and
Hospitals to meet and to work with each other.

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A new entry point for R&D services and clinical trials in Portugal:
TRIS-HCP |Translational andClinical Research Infrastructures Specialisation Platform –HealthCluster Portugal

Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
:: TRIS-HCP offers researchers, healthcare professionals,
management/ support staff and entrepreneurs the possibility of
(further) developing their capacities and skills in areas which are
critical to the performance of the R&D institutions, hospitals and
companies that they work for.

26.
Learn more about the Portuguese Health sector and find your next scientific,
clinical, technological, industrial or commercial partners by visiting:
www.healthportugal-directory.com
www.healthportugal.com/tris-hcp
www.scienceportugal.com/
www.healthportugal.com/about-us/hcp-linkedin
Searching for partnership opportunities in Portugal?
From Portugal, For (Your) Health.
News & Events | Studies & Reports | Funding opportunities
Partner searches | Technology offers | Job opportunities

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