AMDR (Association of Medical Device Reprocessors)

The AMDR is a global trade association that has played a key role in establishing the circular economy in healthcare since its foundation in 1999. The AMDR brings together the forces of the medical remanufacturing industry and gives it a strong voice so that it can jointly meet the requirements of tomorrow’s healthcare sector.

The AMDR’s goal is to ensure the high quality of medical remanufacturing processes. This is the only way to maintain the highest level of patient care for future generations despite increasingly tight budgets, while reducing resource consumption, CO2 emissions and hospital waste and lowering the cost of medical devices.

The AMDR works closely with hospitals and partners in the healthcare sector and, together with them, focuses on innovative solutions to make medical remanufacturing even more efficient, environmentally friendly and climate-friendly.

The AMDR is committed to the regulation and professionalisation of medical remanufacturing worldwide by, among other things, formulating quality requirements for medical remanufacturing processes and promoting the development and use of new technologies in order to ensure the highest product quality.

All AMDR members share an awareness of social responsibility. This awareness forms the basis of their actions when it comes to formulating common positions in discourse with politicians and society.

Since 2011, Vanguard has been the first European member of the AMDR.

Visit the AMDR website here.

Sustainability, cost-effectiveness and quality

The latest video from AMDR shows that medical remanufacturing is not only economically viable, but also represents an environmentally friendly, high-quality alternative to the original product. Vanguard plays a central role as a medical remanufacturer in Europe.