European Commission Publishes Draft Rules In Bid To Reclassify Non-Medical Active Products
Executive Summary
The European Commission has launched an initiative to ensure products without a medical purpose that fall under the Medical Device Regulation are appropriately classified by risk, and subject to the same pre- and post-market requirements as comparable medical devices.
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