Nov. 25 was the halfway mark in the three-year transition toward full implementation of the new EU Medical Devices Regulation. It was also the day the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bomb on the medical device sector, and it has been shelling the industry every day since. How are key industry experts reacting?

All over the world, the medtech industry woke up Monday morning to read highly critical reports of the way the medtech industry is regulated. Investigative pieces accuse the medtech industry of putting profits before safety, of sabotaging the EU's best efforts toward more appropriate regulation, and treating patients as guinea pigs. This is a first look at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Implant Files investigation from an EU perspective. 

All over the world, the medtech industry woke up Monday morning to read highly critical reports of the way the medtech industry is regulated. Investigative pieces accuse the medtech industry of putting profits before safety, of sabotaging the EU's best efforts toward more appropriate regulation, and treating patients as guinea pigs. This is a first look at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Implant Files investigation from an EU perspective.