German upper house gives the go-ahead for MPG2
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The German medical device industry association (BVMed) has welcomed the upper house's (Bundesrat's) decision to pass the second amendment to the medical devices law (MPG2) last week. BVMed director Joachim Schmitt said that the new law, which will come into force on January 1 2002, clarified the legal position of medical device manufacturers.