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Immediate improvements sought in EU-wide surveillance of medical devices post-PIP
03 February 2012
The European Commission is looking at "immediate measures" to improve the surveillance of medical devices within the existing legal framework in light of the sub-standard PIP breast implants affair. The commission will launch a discussion with all ...
First detailed EU guidance on authorised representative's role now available
03 February 2012
The European Commission has published a new EU Guideline for Authorised Representatives on its website. The guideline, MEDDEV 2.5/10 of January 2012 , represents the first single, collated document to shed light on the role of the authorised ...
PIP breast implants sold in 71 countries, not 66, according to French report
02 February 2012
The French government has published a comprehensive report on the history, current situation and implications of the crisis involving fraudulent silicone breast implants made by the now-defunct Poly Implant Protheses (PIP). Among the most ...
Spanish medtech sees debt relief ahead, "but solution increasingly urgent"
02 February 2012
Spanish medtech industry association Fenin has cautiously welcomed plans being drawn up by the recently-installed government to tackle the country’s burgeoning national and regional budgetary problems. However, citing the latest debt and late ...
UK NICE gives support for bronchial thermoplasty in short to medium term
31 January 2012
The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee at the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance supporting the use of bronchial thermoplasty for treating severe asthma – but only in the short and medium ...
 
Advanced Therapies: is the EU regulatory approach putting a brake on market development?
19 January 2012
There is no doubt that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) has put considerable effort into developing a significant number of guidelines to explain how it operates in the complex field of advanced therapy ...
Sharps Directive: EU industry and profession focus efforts on timely implementation
16 December 2011
Not just hospital staff, but government healthcare departments and medical device manufacturers stand to benefit from the new EU Sharps Directive. Ashley Yeo reports The EU Sharps Directive, Council Directive 2010/32/EU of May 10 2010, has been a ...
Eucomed's John Wilkinson: bright future for medtech in era of constant change
01 December 2011
John Wilkinson sees a bright future for the medtech sector, provided it aligns itself with the changing needs of its customers. The outgoing chief executive of the European medtech industry association Eucomed told Clinica in a recent interview ...
 
Companion Dx activity shines new light on IVD sector - is it all good?
04 January 2012
Developments on the regulatory and business front in the area of companion diagnostics made 2011 a pivotal year for both personalised medicine as a concept and for IVD manufacturers as a group. But might stricter regulation hinder testing in ...
Cross-border healthcare directive: what it means for medtech industry 24 January 2011

The impact of last week's European Parliament vote on cross-border healthcare spreads into every corner of the healthcare sector, not least the medtech industry. The new directive will shape many different aspects of the market in which the medical ...

First we take Europe, then the US – the irresistible rise of China 18 January 2011

A new report on the medtech innovation potential of countries around the world confirms a long-held suspicion: the emerging markets of China and India are gaining on the US. This has been the consensus view based on informed speculation for several ...

 
 
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EVENTS
The 14th MedTech Investing Europe conference
19 March 2012
Montreux Convention and Music Centre, Switzerland
HTAi 2012
23 June 2012
Bilbao, Spain
 
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