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EU Commission May Open Floodgates By Inviting Input On Editorial Errors

 
• By Amanda Maxwell

The European Commission is planning to invite comments on editorial mistakes within the EU's new medtech regulations. But will it get more than it is bargaining for?

The European Commission is planning to launch an initiative to "correct mistakes of an editorial nature" within the texts of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and IVD Regulation (IVDR) that took effect on May 25 this year.

When sending their observations, companies are invited to not only cite the original text, but to propose changes in bold/italics

Industry is not risking any time in preparing responses. Already, Europe's largest medtech industry association, MedTech Europe, put out an invitation via the national industry associations within the EU for stakeholders to communicate the mistakes that they have found

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