Minimizing the Overloadthe EU Device-Related Way Relevant to the feelings of despair noted above&

Minimizing the Overloadthe EU Device-Related Way

Relevant to the feelings of despair noted above—and in view of the move early this year of medical devices from the purview of the Directorate: General Enterprise and Industry to the Directorate: General Health and Consumers (DG Sanco)—in order to ensure and increase emphasis on patient and user safety,the European Commission website for medical devices has become increasingly “user-friendly” for competent authorities and manufacturers alike. Many crucial topics, guidance, and contact points can be accessed easily. To this end, this column will clarify the information publically available to manufacturers. In doing so, it is our hope to mitigate preconceived notions and perceived barriers to accessing data, and will bring about perhaps some much-needed tranquility in this society of information overload.