Calls For More Patient Input In Medical Device Development And Regulation

It is vital to involve patients in medical device development, regulatory assessments, and post-marketing activities. The European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) has explained why and what it is doing to drive progress.

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A new roadmap providing a guideline for how patient engagement can bolster each step of the medical device life cycle and prevent problems from arising later on was presented at a recent EUPATI open webinar.

Dominique Hamerlijnck, a patient advocate and EUPATI fellow explained that this is a “concept” roadmap at present; The impact of...

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