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Medtech Industry Weighs In On EMA’s AI Regulation Proposals

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Alignment with other relevant regulations, including medtech, should be a main priority for the European Medicines Agency when developing guidance on the use of artificial intelligence, according to MedTech Europe’s director for international affairs.

The European Medicines Agency's building in Amsterdam
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Many of the comments that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has received so far on its July draft reflection paper that set out its proposed strategy for governing the use of AI in the medicinal product lifecycle relate to the interplay between medical devices and medicines.

Joerg Zinserling, an EMA representative from Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), made the announcement at a...

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