New European Medical Device Directives Expected This Fall

The new European medical device directives are expected to be adopted this fall, implemented by the end of 2008 and enforced by 2010, Cristiana Spontoni, European partner with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, said at the recent FDAnews Medical Device Quality Congress.
The European Parliament recently approved the amendments to the directives. The amendments narrow the definition of a single-use device and obligate the European Commission to further study the practice of reprocessing single-use devices, according to Spontoni.
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