The 5th Translational Research Symposium was organised at the annual meeting of the European Society for Biomaterials 2018, Maastricht, the Netherlands, with emphasis on the future of emerging and smart technologies for healthcare in Europe. Invited speakers from academia and industry highlighted the vision and expectations of healthcare in Europe beyond 2020 and the perspectives of innovation stakeholders, such as small and medium enterprises, large companies and Universities. The aim of the present article is to summarise and explain the main statements made during the symposium, with particular attention on the need to identify unmet clinical needs and their efficient translation into healthcare solutions through active collaborations between all the participants involved in the value chain.

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转化研究研讨会-协作努力是医疗保健创新的推动力。

第五届转化研究研讨会在荷兰马斯特里赫特举行的2018年欧洲生物材料学会年会上举办，重点讨论了新兴的智能医疗技术在欧洲的未来。来自学术界和工业界的受邀演讲者强调了2020年以后欧洲医疗保健的愿景和期望，以及中小型企业，大公司和大学等创新利益相关方的观点。本文的目的是总结和解释在座谈会期间所做的主要发言，特别关注确定未满足的临床需求以及通过价值链中所有参与者之间的积极合作将其有效转化为医疗保健解决方案的需求。