UK Proposal On Foreign Device Approval Recognition Due February

Little-used government-industry forum resolves UK must step on the gas to secure timely reform

28 Dec 2022

The Life Sciences Council has agreed to issue proposals on how the UK should recognize approvals granted by other trusted medical device regulatory jurisdictions. The need for speed in all matters relating to the UK’s sovereign medtech regulatory system has been stressed by the UK devices industry.

The UK government is not slow to refer to “new freedoms” that allow it to flex its post-Brexit muscles to simplify national regulations or expedite market access for businesses – even if the outcomes are as yet barely visible.

Soon, however, there will be a real opportunity in the medtech sector for the UK to realize an actual post-EU...