German industry welcomes Bundesrat criticism of draft devices law revision
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
The upper chamber of the German parliament (Bundesrat) has criticised a draft law that would amend the Medical Devices Act because it says the changes could put domestic manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage when compared with their European counterparts1,2. The draft law, which was compiled by the federal health ministry, has also come in for criticism from the medical devices industry association, BVMed, which claims that the law would result in significant additional costs to industry3.