EMA Takes Over Permanent Secretariat For Medical Device And IVD Expert Panels

Despite resistance from the medtech industry, the European Medicines Agency now has a key role in the medical device and IVD expert panels, which have only recently been set up.

Crisis
New device secretariat role for EMA to tackle healthcare crises

The coordination secretariat of the European Commission’s medical device and IVD expert panels has now been handed over from the commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The move follows the adoption of a new Regulation at EU level to strengthen the EMA’s role in overseeing...

More from Europe

More from Geography