One In Three Medtech Innovators Will Be 'Driven Out Of Business' By EU MDR, German Business Survey Finds
Executive Summary
The EU Medical Device Regulation is 15 months away from being implemented in full, and a new German survey about its potential impact on the medtech innovation and patient-care landscape makes for sobering reading.
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