Device Makers Are Bucking Decades-Long Trend Of Launching Products In EU. Here’s Why

Study finds more device makers are bringing new products to the US first

In this Medtech Insight Q&A, two UCLA-backed study authors argue that the US FDA “has emerged as the global regulatory agency most successful in promoting access to novel medtech products, especially digitally enabled or software-driven ones.”

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Most medical device manufacturers are launching new product in the US first, upending a decades-long tradition of companies going to Europe first for a CE mark.

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