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BNDES / FINEP — Domestic Manufacturing Incentives

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Brazil actively incentivises domestic medical device manufacturing through financing programmes offered by BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) and FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos).

BNDES — Development bank financing​

BNDES offers financing for medical device manufacturers in Brazil through:

  • BNDES Finame — financing for the acquisition of nationally manufactured equipment (including medical devices) by healthcare facilities;
  • BNDES Finem — long-term financing for investment in production capacity, GMP upgrades, and R&D facilities; and
  • BNDES Inovação — innovation financing for development of new medical technologies.

FINEP — Innovation funding​

FINEP provides grants and soft loans for medical device R&D and clinical development:

  • Non-refundable grants (subvenção econômica) for innovative medical device development by Brazilian companies;
  • Soft loans for clinical trials and regulatory development; and
  • Support for technology transfer and scale-up.

EMBRAPII and research partnerships​

EMBRAPII (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial) facilitates partnerships between Brazilian manufacturers and research institutes for collaborative medical device R&D.

Official sources

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