Medical Devices Regulation: delays and confusion
The EU Medical Devices Regulation will apply in May 2020. Maurits Lugard and Josefine Sommer of Sidley Austin LLP examine what the changes mean for the medtech industry.
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The EU Medical Devices Regulation will apply in May 2020. Maurits Lugard and Josefine Sommer of Sidley Austin LLP examine what the changes mean for the medtech industry.
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Faced with the looming deadline for compliance of May 2020, many medical device companies still haven’t fully grasped the impact of the new EU Medical Device Regulations (MDR) across all their product labelling. The requirements also affect what goes on Information-for-Use (IFU) leaflets and electronic equivalents. Here, Graham Francis offers…
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