EU COVID-19 Response: Who Is Leading EU’s Decision-Making For Medtech?
Executive Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant seismic shifts in the way the EU has been operating to regulate and procure emergency equipment needed on the frontline. Unprecedented changes have been required, but how did the EU achieve this so quickly and how has its reaction impacted central decision-making and how member states work together?
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