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When self-serve isn't enough — Fractio runs your European launch

The directory, Matcher, and intelligence products on MedicalDeviceDistributors.com cover ~80% of European market-entry questions. For the remaining 20% — when you want hands-on execution, not just answers — Fractio runs the engagement. Operator-led. Fixed scope, fixed fee. Or fractional country manager on retainer.

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9 yrs
European MedTech operator
20×
Revenue growth (EMS Portugal)
2
Countries taught the playbook (KR, GR)
25+
Tenders filed personally
Service offerings

Four ways Fractio engages

Each engagement is operator-led — Miguel personally runs the work, not delegated to junior consultants. Fixed scope, fixed fee, no billable-hour games. Most engagements close in 8-16 weeks; retainers are ongoing.

Recurring
€2–4K · per month

Fractional Country Manager

Embedded commercial lead for your target market without the cost of full-time hire. Sells direct, manages distributors, or runs hybrid. Typical engagement 12-24 months.

  • Dedicated country manager on retainer
  • Weekly cadence + monthly P&L
  • Direct sales OR distributor management OR hybrid
  • KOL engagement
  • Tender participation
  • Always-on commercial lead
  • Quarterly business review
  • Optional team expansion (Fractio recruits)
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Tactical
€3–8K · per tender

Tender Response

European public procurement tender response — dossier preparation, submission, follow-up. Specific to your product + country + framework.

  • Tender lot analysis + win-probability scoring
  • Dossier preparation + assembly
  • Pricing strategy + competitive intelligence
  • Submission management
  • Q&A and clarification handling
  • Post-award contract execution
  • Frameworks: NHS Supply Chain, CONSIP, SKL Kommentus, UGAP, Amgros, Sykehusinnkjøp, Hansel, SPMS, etc.
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Diligence
€8–25K · project

Distributor Due Diligence

Deep-dive due diligence on a specific candidate distributor. For situations where Premium Match Report isn't enough — PE acquisition, exclusive deal commitment, multi-year scope.

  • Financial + ownership structure analysis
  • 10-15 reference calls (current + former manufacturers)
  • Sales force coverage audit
  • KOL relationship verification
  • Procurement framework holdings audit
  • Regulatory capacity assessment
  • Site visit (optional)
  • 20-30 page final report + presentation
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Case study — EMS Dental Portugal

Internal benchmark for the EMS global group. Used to teach Country Manager teams in South Korea (2023) and Greece (2024).

20×
Revenue growth (7 years)
13
Team (direct + indirect)
6
Distribution agreements
11
Active KOLs

Miguel joined EMS Dental Portugal as a sales representative in 2017. By 2021, he was promoted to Country Manager, taking full P&L responsibility for the affiliate. The operation grew roughly 20× in revenue over seven years — the strongest growth trajectory in the company's European portfolio.

The Portugal playbook is now the internal case study EMS uses to train Country Managers in other affiliates. The model integrates 6 distribution agreements with Portuguese and Iberian-region distributors, a direct-to-clinic e-commerce channel (worldwide pilot project for the EMS group), an 11-KOL program across hospital + university + private-practice opinion leaders, and the Swiss Dental Academy clinician training program (11 trainers).

What translates to Fractio engagements: operator-level knowledge of how European MedTech actually runs commercially — distributor negotiations from both sides, tender response across PT + Iberian regional contracts, KOL program design, hybrid direct + distributor channel structures. The advice you get from Fractio is what you'd get from a senior Country Manager — not a strategy consultant.

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How to know if Fractio is the right fit The self-serve products on this site (Matcher, intelligence briefs, Country Playbooks) cover ~80% of common situations. Fractio engagements make sense when: (a) the stakes are high enough that paying €5-30K for partner selection saves you €100K+ in errors, (b) you have a specific operational mandate that needs ongoing execution (Fractional CM), (c) you need someone with hospital tender experience filing alongside you, or (d) you're doing PE-level diligence on a distribution target and need depth beyond the standard Premium Match Report. If none of those fit, the self-serve products are probably the right answer — start there. I'd rather you save the consulting fee and use the directory if it answers your question. The consulting is for when it doesn't.

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Fill in the structured form — Miguel responds within 24 hours with 3 available times in your timezone. Call is 30 minutes, free, no obligation. We'll scope a project or steer you to the right self-serve product.

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