Commission’s D’Acunto Tells EU Industry To Talk Less About Bottlenecks
Executive Summary
The medical technology industry has lobbied the European Commission hard because it believes the time it has to comply with the new Medical Device and IVD Regulations is much too short and threatens product availability. But the commission has hit back at these claims.
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