Call For Simplification Of Standardization Processes As Full Application Of EU Regs Nears
Executive Summary
It is now just over a year before the full application of the new EU Medical Devices Regulation. But there are delays in the standards that underpin it. Will any be referenced in time? What can the Commission do to speed up the process?
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