This report is one of the outputs resulting from Workpackage 5, "Stakeholder policies and problem assessment" of the WALQING project, SSH-CT-2009-244597 (www.walqing.eu).

This report is one of the outputs resulting from Workpackage 5, "Stakeholder policies and problem assessment" of the WALQING project, SSH-CT-2009-244597 (www.walqing.eu).

This report is one of the outputs resulting from Workpackage 4, "Social and professional integration" of the WALQING project, SSH-CT-2009-244597 (www.walqing.eu).

This report is one of the outputs resulting from Workpackage 4, "Social and professional integration" of the WALQING project, SSH-CT-2009-244597 (www.walqing.eu).

Products’ heterogeneity distinguishes the medical device sector, a fertile terrain for the development of several sciences and technologies that contributes to the complexity, but also enhances the output, of valuable research. Its industrial fabric is extensive: alongside a number of major...