Growing evidence demonstrates the one-year delay to the Medical Device Regulation, plus the expansion of the scope of products that could remain on the market beyond the MDR date of application, have simply pushed problems to 2024.

China ambitiously wants to champion domestic medtech manufacturers in the global market. It also needs to ensure foreign manufacturers do not sustainably dominate its home market – while also benefiting from their technical expertise, for the time being at least. Against that backdrop, new Chinese data laws are being eyed by global medtechs with a certain trepidation.

Royal Philips’ image-guided therapy business has rebounded, as expected, after the COVID-19 dip, and is now targeting expansion in a number of areas, as business leader Bert van Meurs explains.