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Global Medtech Guidance Tracker: June 2022

 
• By Vibha Sharma

Stay current on regulatory guidelines from around the world with Medtech Insight's Guidance Tracker. More than 40 documents have been posted on the tracker since its last update.

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Forty-four guidance documents on medical devices and diagnostics issued by regulatory authorities from around the world were added to Medtech Insight’s Guidance Tracker in the past month.

The updated tracker includes a guideline from the US Food and Drug Administration on premarket submissions of radiological devices that...

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