French Regulator Makes Medical Device Surveillance A Priority As Work Expands
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The French regulatory agency for healthcare products, ANSM, is reinforcing its market surveillance systems for medical devices with the future EU medical device regulation in mind. It also acknowledges the European Commission’s appeal for better cooperation between EU authorities in the area of market surveillance and says that it wishes to optimize the role it plays in this regard.
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