EU Medtech May Have Standards Certainty Days Before MDR Applies
Executive Summary
The EU’s Medical Device Regulation applies in just over a month’s time and the IVD Regulation in just over a year. But the standards underpinning them are way behind. Will they get the green light at last?
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