Q&A: With New EU Regs Taking Effect, What Can Industry Do To Be Proactive?

The new EU Medical Device and IVD Regulations will be published any day and take effect within weeks. In this interview, John Brennan, outgoing regulations chief for Medtech Europe, tells Medtech Insight what the European Commission, competent authorities and industry should do now to avoid obstacles.

Time for action

Industry wants the European Commission and competent authorities to organize a workshop – preferably in June – to air outstanding issues associated with the implementation of the Medical Devices and IVD Regulations, which are expected to take effect within the next six weeks.

Such a gathering would help in the development of a program to quickly address implementation complications, says John Brennan, director of regulations and industrial policy at industry trade group MedTech...

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