Revolutionary EU HTA Cooperation Proposal Will Use MDR/IVDR Platforms

The European Commission wants to rationalize health technology assessment work across the EU, and new EU medtech regulations offer an easy way to determine which products can benefit from joint clinical assessments.

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Medical devices are included in the scope of a just-adopted European Commission legislative proposal seeking to reinforce cooperation among EU member states on health technology assessments (HTAs). The aim is to introduce mandatory cooperation in joint clinical assessments, scientific dialogues, horizon scanning and voluntary cooperation in other areas. 

Joint clinical assessments are an important proponent of forthcoming joint EU work, tasking countries to work together on HTA for...

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