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The unfinished internal market for medical devices

The EU market for medical devices is not fully harmonized, which means that you cannot rely on a medical device being a medical device everywhere in the EU. That, essentially, is what…
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The Role of Razzies in EU Food Law

Golden Raspberries One day before the distribution of the Academy Awards for excellence of cinematic achievements, the ceremony of Golden Raspberries or “Razzies” takes place. Razzies are awarded in recognition of the…
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CE certification of standalone software and apps seminar – the movie

Rather than streaming our last medical technology seminar on CE Certification of Standalone Software and Apps of 16 October in real time (big hassle and very prone to tech glitches we’ve found), we…
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New Labelling Regulation: more COOL?

Rumour has it that the European Commission will decide not to go for full country-of-origin labelling (‘COOL’) on all meat products in the European Union. According to globalmeatnews.com the European Commission is planning…
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EP debate on devices revision – largely predictable, some surprise

Today was an interesting day for medical devices in Europe. We had the EU Parliament’s plenary debate on the medical devices and IVD regulation proposals, and the subsequent vote on the highly…
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EU medical devices revision: counting down to the plenary vote

That’s right: it’s 10 minutes to midnight for EU medical devices regulation in the cold war between the ENVI committee and the industry with the upcoming vote in the European parliament’s plenary…
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Axon Seminar Medical Software & Apps 16 October 2013

This seminar addressed how to develop compliant medical software and how to prepare for increased scrutiny by the authorities. Speakers and their presentations: Robert Houtenbos, mHealth consultant How to design medical software…
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Legal recourse against delegated and implementing acts in the medical devices regulation

This time I’d like to entertain you with some aspects of some of the dryest matter that I work with as lawyer: technical rules regarding competence and standing under EU law. However,…
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ENVI vote results out: we have a draft legislative resolution

The ENVI vote results that have already been hotly debated and opined upon are now finally out in the form of a draft European Parliament legislative resolution that the Parliament will vote…
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