Extending EMA competences to medical devices in the EU - is there any alternative?
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
The European Commission is not talking about introducing a system for pre-market approval for medical devices by the European Medicines Agency, but rather about giving a centralised body – which could be the EMA – a co-ordinating role, for instance in areas concerning notified bodies.
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