Obesity And Diabetes: Toward A Surgical Solution: An Interview With Francesco Rubino, MD

During MD&M East in Manhattan last week, a panel of experts discussed how the Trump administration’s trade policy is affecting manufacturing and offered some ideas on what manufacturers can do to help mitigate the chaos.

Predictability, proportionality, stability, harmonization and simplification offer the right way forward to address the challenging unintended effects of the EU medical device regulations, the European Commission’s head of devices tells the EU’s largest annual medtech conference.

The US’ 90-day suspension of higher “reciprocal tariffs” will expire on 9 July, raising fears that the 31% tariff rate on Swiss medtech and other goods exported to the US might make a comeback. While the tariff situation changes on an almost daily basis, medtechs should forearm for any eventually, say local business organizations.

The UK has issued clearer guidance to help drug and medical device sponsors demonstrate how they intend to include a diverse and relevant range of participants in their clinical trials.