Interview: EU Standards Hiatus Will Cost Manufacturers And Notified Bodies More Time And Resources
Executive Summary
Compliance with the new EU medtech regulations was never going to be easy. But delays in the work to create the standards ̶ the very tools that are designed to help manufacturers and notified bodies ̶ now threaten to create even more uncertainty and further delays all round.
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