UK Allows Non-CE-Marked Devices On Market Under Exceptional Use Route

The UK government has launched an initiative to get non-medtech manufacturers involved in the production of ventilators. But it looks like they will be scrapped after the emergency has passed.

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a document which relaxes standards for ventilator producers as part of the government’s response to COVID-19.

When the current emergency has passed, ventilators produced under the exceptional use emergency route “will NOT be usable for routine...

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