10 EU-Based Key Medtech Opinion Leaders React To The 'Implant Files'
Executive Summary
Nov. 25 was the halfway mark in the three-year transition toward full implementation of the new EU Medical Devices Regulation. It was also the day the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bomb on the medical device sector, and it has been shelling the industry every day since. How are key industry experts reacting?
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