The European healthcare technology and medical technology (MedTech) landscape entering 2026 stands at a profound inflection point, characterised by a transition from the speculative fragmentation of the early 2020s to a disciplined era of "industrial maturity". Following a period of post-pandemic recalibration in 2024 and a tentative recovery in 2025, the market is poised for a robust, albeit structurally transformed, resurgence in capital deployment and mergers and acquisiti