[Editor's note:This is the first of two EAEU and Russia medtech outlook updates from the IMEDA industry association, interviewed at the 2018 MedTech Europe Forum.]
Eurasian Union Medtech Harmonization Likely To Be Delayed, Says Russian Industry Group
The January 2022 entry-into-force date of a Eurasian Economic Union-wide regulatory system dominates thinking in Russia and the other EAEU member states. But differential progress has meant that a deadline extension is now working its way onto the agenda, observes Sergey Vanin, head of IMEDA, the Russian industry association.

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