Medical device regulations in the New Europe

We are now in 1992, the year of the 'Completion of the Internal Market'. Big changes in the ways in which medical devices will be controlled in Europe are on the way, but many healthcare professionals are unaware of these changes and what they will mean to them. This article explains the moves that are now under way to harmonize medical device legislation throughout Europe and the many features, new to the UK, that they will introduce.