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Significant overhaul of EU medical devices regime planned

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 29 2012

On 26 September 2012, the European Commission published the proposals for two new Regulations intended to replace the EU directives that govern medical devices intended to be placed on the EU market

European Parliament calls for additional medical device safety measures

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 18 2012

On 14 June 2012, the European Parliament (“EP”) adopted a Resolution calling on EU Member States and the European Commission to introduce and implement new measures aimed at ensuring the safety of medical devices

EU adopts list of general function health claims on foods

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • May 22 2012

On 16 May 2012, the European Commission adopted its long-anticipated Commission Regulation listing permitted “general function” health claims (the “Permitted List”), as well as their conditions of use, under Article 13.1 of Regulation 19242006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (the “Health Claims Regulation”

Proposed new EU Transparency Directive on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 26 2012

On 1 March 2012, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal to update Directive 89105EEC (the “Transparency Directive”), the key piece of legislation that limits the powers of EU Member States to set prices and reimbursement conditions of medicinal products