Brexit Reflections For UK IVDs: Harmonized Regulation, Staff Issues Key
Executive Summary
The UK in vitro diagnostics industry has been working on two initiatives that set out its views on how to secure a stable and competitive future for the national industry in the months following the country's vote to leave the EU.
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