The disruptive medtech M&A of recent years was not matched in the past year for volume, but there were isolated outbreaks of major activity, as shown in our company rankings. 

UK health minister Baroness Blackwood will introduce the new UK Medicines and Medical Devices Bill before Parliament today, just before the House of Commons goes into recess. The government wants new legislation for devices and medicines in place before the end of the Brexit transition period.

EU medical device consultant Trevor Lewis takes note of the recent, if belated, progress towards the building of the post-MDR playing field for medical device companies in Europe, but calls political decision-makers and economic operators to account: getting it right is nothing short of a matter of life and death, he tells In Vivo.