Industry View: EU Plans To Extend Product Liability Rules Bad News For Medtech
Executive Summary
A proposed revision to the European Commission’s Product Liability Directive that will extend user compensation eligibility to products such as medical smartphone apps could “needlessly disrupt” innovation in the EU, trade group MedTech Europe warns.
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