Nine out of ten enterprises in the EU employ fewer than 10 people, according to Eurostat.
In the field of life sciences, small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) with under 250 employees play a considerable role.
Industry association Medtech Europe highlights that 95 percent of Europe's 25,000 medical technology companies are SMEs.
Considering those statistics, it is surprising that SME policy is so low-profile.
The European Commission under president Jean-Claude Jun...
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