'Old-Fashioned' Medical Device Regulation? New Regulatory Regime For EU Medtech In Wings
Executive Summary
As medtech grapples with the overwhelmingly complex implementation of the EU's new Medical Device and IVD REgulations, one legal pioneer, Oxford's Christopher Hodges, says it's time to think differently.
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