Pre-commercial procurement of affordable solutions for healthcare systems in the areas of cancer technologies, cancer medical devices, or cancer medicines

Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-MISS-2027-02-CANCER-05 · HORIZON Pre-commercial Procurement. Part of call HORIZON-MISS-2027-02: Supporting the implementation of the Cancer Mission. Opens 2027-02-10; next deadline 2027-09-16. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2027-02-CANCER-05

Expected Outcome: This action supports the follow-up to the July 2023 Communication on EU Missions assessment[1]. Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed and tailored towards, and contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: - Public procurers, possibly in cooperation with private ones, in the area of cancer-centred healthcare stimulate the competitive development of market-ready, affordable, innovative solutions. - The chosen solutions take into consideration the needs of cancer patients living with and beyond cancer through research that supports end-user engagement using participative research models. - Procurers create opportunities for European health, technology and medical devices, industrial actors (including start-ups, spin-offs, spin-outs, scale-ups, SMEs) to bring to the market affordable innovations that are cost-efficient, safe and have demonstrated improved health outcomes for cancer patients living with and beyond cancer. - Procurers facilitate the commercialisation of innovative solutions for and with cancer patients by their successful suppliers through providing them with first customer references for the validation and first pilot deployment. - Policymakers, healthcare providers and professionals, cancer patients and their carers – each in their respective areas – exchange and adopt good practices and the best treatment, technology and medical device solutions that the market can deliver through participative research.

Scope: Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) actions target consortia of procurers with similar needs that want to procure…