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EU Must Widen Debate Around Medtech Regulations Beyond Liese’s Proposal

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

The EU needs to conduct a deeper, more decisive analysis of its medtech regulatory problems before it decides how to adopt elements of MEP Peter Liese’s proposed amending regulation, regulatory expert Tom Melvin told Medtech Insight.

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EU Needs To Identify And Tackle Fundamental Methodological Problems In EU Medtech Regulations

Certain initiatives in the proposal drafted by MEP Peter Liese at the European Parliament to amend the EU Medical Device Regulation would certainly help the system better function.

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