There has been another ruling in the legal tussle over the classification under the Medical Device Regulation of an app that some contend is not even a medical device.
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With the latest ruling in Germany, there is speculation that the Medical Device Regulation’s confusing Article 11 on software or the device’s timing of gaining its class I category may be to blame for the invidious position Dermanostic has found itself in.

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