EU Implementing/Delegated Acts Estimate Balloons From 80 To 118
Executive Summary
A substantial amount of additional text will apply in the EU to the future regulation of medical devices and IVDs over and above what is in the new regulations. With 118 acts to draft, much work is still to come.
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