Crunch Time: Will EU Allow Article 97 Solution To MDR Bottlenecks Or Will MDR Be Delayed?
Executive Summary
Do all roads lead back to the reopening of the Medical Device Regulation and risk-based staggered delays as was introduced with the IVD Regulation? Medtech Insight spoke to TÜV SÜD’s Dr Royth von Hahn and BSI’s Graeme Tunbridge, about how potential solutions to MDR delays are being received.
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