How the EC wants to be more involved in device standards
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Ways of improving the European Commission's involvement in European standardisation work were examined at the competent authorities' meeting in Switzerland, on January 27 and 28. At present the perception is that, once the Commission has issued a mandate for a standard along with its terms of reference (then endorsed by the Medical Device Experts Group), it tends to lose track of developments until the final standard is published.