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45 Days Of MDCG Meetings In 2025: Where The EU’s Medtech Priorities Lie

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

With so many discussions around future change now in the medtech regulatory melting pot as 2025 kicks off, it is unsurprising to see an intense calendar of EU meetings ahead. But which topics deserve the most focus?

13 Medtech Working Groups Meet Under MDCG Coordination (Shutterstock)

The European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group, which plays a key role in the implementation of the Medical Device and IVD Regulations, is due to have 10 days of umbrella meetings spread over five sessions during 2025, to discuss matters relating to the implementation of the EU’s medtech regulations.

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