Brexit No Certain Thing For European Medtech Groups Desperate To Plan Futures
Executive Summary
Medtech stakeholders were reminded at the UK's largest regulatory forum that, for business in general, and medical technology manufacturers in particular, those willing to make the best of Brexit are still having to work in the dark. The lack of useful government outreach is frustrating most efforts to secure business continuity. And that is without factoring in the huge regulatory changes that the EU's twin medical device regulations – the MDR and IVDR – will bring.
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