European Regulatory Roundup, April 2021: All Cylinders Firing On MDR And IVDR Front
Executive Summary
The EU MDR date of application is three weeks away; while this date may look more tenable than before, deadlines in 2022 and 2024 leave the medtech industry, and especially its IVD sector, wondering how to stop products being lost from the market.
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