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Swiss-EU Standoff Set To End? Medtechs Eye MRA Action

EU devices MRA renewal mooted as part of negotiating mandate

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Negotiations aimed at renewing the close trading relationship and barrier-free mutual market access between Switzerland and the EU got underway on 19 March. Swiss medtech companies welcomed the move, stressing the need for the defunct mutual recognition agreement to be updated.

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The start of so-called Bilateral III talks between the EU and Switzerland this week have raised the prospect of the two sides ending their standoff on mutual free market access and trading. The device industries either side of the Swiss border possibly stand to gain.

The original framework dates back to a 1972 free trade agreement followed by bilateral agreements. Work on an institutional framework...

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