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Medical

Changes on the way for Medical Device conformity

18th Apr 2008 by Simon Emeny

Changes on the way for Medical Device conformity

The Medical Devices Directive (MDD) 93/42/EEC is well established. As is common with the EU, they decided that it couldn’t be left alone and instituted a review on its functioning. In summary, the conclusions were that the existing legal framework is appropriate, but that its implementation could be improved, including further regulatory clarification.

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The Sixth Medtech Investing Europe Conference

Event: 14th Feb 2008 – 15th Feb 2008

Country: Switzerland
City: Lausanne
Event website & Booking:www.medtechinvesting.com
THE SIXTH MEDTECH INVESTING EUROPE CONFERENCE -LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, The premier European event, bringing together Med tech investors and innovators.
If you are interested in investing in the med tech industry, or are a med tech company looking to find an investor, you cannot afford to miss Campden Conferences sixth MedTech Investing […]

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Amendment to the medical devices directives

21st Jan 2008

The Consumer and Industrial Goods Directorate of the Malta Standards Authority, within the Ministry for Competitiveness and Communications, said it has closely followed and participated in the discussions at European level on the revision of the medical devices directives, a recent article in the Malta Independant Online reports.

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EU pricing and reimbursement for medical devices and diagnostics 2006

15th Jan 2008

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c79408) has announced the addition of EU Pricing and Reimbursement for Medical Devices and Diagnostics 2006 Report to their offering.

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Cancer research threatened by too much management and excessive regulation

15th Jan 2008

The fundamental ethos and creativity of cancer research is threatened by too much management and excessive regulation, says a Keynote Comment in The Lancet Oncology, January 2008 issue. The Comment also adds that there is a serious lack of regulation harmonization between countries, a recent blog reports.

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Sustaining competitive advantage within the medical device industry

8th Jan 2008

Regulations controlling the manufacturing, marketing and usage of medical devices in the EU are forcing manufacturers to incorporate language translation. Read the full blog by Shy Avni, posted 8th january 2008.

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EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) 2008 update

18th Dec 2007

Don’t get too comfortable with your European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) standing, as the directive is set to be adjusted in 2008 to reflect additional substances and changes to exemptions, a recent article reports.

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Climate Change

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The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

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Carbon Labelling

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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