EU Council on Innovation Anyone who has been monitoring the activities in the European Union will

EU Council on Innovation

Anyone who has been monitoring the activities in the European Union will remember that the EU Council published its conclusions on medical device innovation (2011/C 202/03) over the summer. The EU Council noted in its document, which reflected a synopsis of the High Level Conference on Innovation (March 22), the importance of innovation in the medical device sector balanced by strengthening the weaknesses in the regulatory system. According to information presented at that meeting, there are 18,000 SMEs in the European Union. It certainly would appear that the EU Commission is in harmony with the EU Council.