News in the UK that the government is planning emergency measures around the supply of medical devices and medicines in preparation for the potential of a no-deal Brexit is a measure of just how much the UK government may be prepared to risk to exit Europe on its own terms.
Any such outcome will have wide repercussions for medical device trade in the short and medium-term and for patient care - particularly in the UK, but also potentially around Europe....
Some may speculate that if the UK makes this sudden "clean break" from Europe and starts planning to source its products from markets further afield, it could lead the country...