Does MDD (Medical Devices Directive) review offer opportunity for simplify health technology directives?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A single EU healthcare products directive is needed in a "new Europe that deserves a new Directive with new vision". That is the view of Neil R Armstrong, CEO of Meddiquest in the light of the draft Commission proposal revising the Medical Devices Directive (MDD), the deadline for which (June 25) is about to expire.
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