International News In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
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Device experts set sights on GHTF: European Commission's Medical Devices Experts Group will discuss the preparation of the EC's 2004-2006 Global Harmonization Task Force chairmanship during Oct. 27-28 Brussels meeting. Eucomed Director General Maurice Wagner will serve as vice-chairman (1"The Gray Sheet" June 30, 2003, p. 9). Also on the agenda are reclassification of total joint implants and reports from Study Group 2, which specializes in adverse event reporting. During SG2's Aug. 27-28 meeting, Chair Carol Herman updated the progress of an adverse event coding tool and a proposal to consolidate all adverse event reporting documents for manufacturers...
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