Funding and reimbursement in central and eastern Europe
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
While the regulations in the 10 new EU member states have, at least in theory, now been aligned with the remainder of the EU, there has been no such alignment of rules concerning the reimbursement of medical devices anywhere in the EU. Amanda Maxwell reports from Brussels on the hurdles that still face manufacturers of CE-marked medical devices as they cast an eye over the most lucrative markets among the new members