Global Medtech Guidance Tracker: October 2024

 
• By Vibha Sharma

Stay current on regulatory guidelines from around the world with Medtech Insight's Guidance Tracker. Over 50 documents have been posted on the tracker since its last update.

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Fifty-one guidance documents on medical devices and diagnostics issued by regulatory authorities from around the world were added to Medtech Insight’s Guidance Tracker in the past month.

The updated tracker includes a Q&A document by the European Commission on new requirements in the EU medical device and...

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