UK Medtechs Get A Touch More Certainty With Brexit Transition Agreement
Executive Summary
With the UK scheduled to leave the EU one year, the UK medtech and lifesciences industries were becoming increasingly concerned about the government's lack ofplanning and the risk of being left high and dry in the post-Brexit environment. But the UK has bought more time now that the EU agreed to a withdrawal transition phase until the end of 2020. There are potentially meaningful positives in the agreement for medtechs on either side of the English Channel.
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