By Robert Zott, Director of Advisory Services
Originally Published: July 18, 2018
The publication of the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745 in the European Journal, with its entry into force on May 25, 2017, marks the end of an eight-year period of controversy, and the beginning of a three-year transition to the most sweeping regulatory changes since the founding of the European Union.
Since this new Medical Device Regulation has been published in its final form, the three-year transition clock has been set in motion, and the risk of many devices leaving the European market looms large in the minds of manufacturers, regulators and auditing bodies, alike.
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