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Time is running out: BioMed Alliance calls for urgent measures to improve the availability of essential medical devices.
Continuing challenges for the implementation of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) will be discussed by health ministers during the EPSCO meeting on 9 December.
The BioMed Alliance believes th...
Press release calls for urgent measures to improve the availability of essential medical devices ahead of EPSCO meeting (November 2022)
BioMed Alliance published a press release ahead of the EPSCO meeting on 9 December 2022 calling for a variety of measures to mitigate a shortage of medical devices. Recommended steps include an extens...
BioMed Alliance selected as stakeholder in the HERA Civil Society Forum
The BioMed Alliance was appointed as a member of the European Commission’s HERA Civil Society Forum. The Forum, as a sub-group of the HERA Advisory Forum, will help to ensure that HERA receives regu...
BioMed Alliance survey on the limited availability of certain medical devices
BioMed Alliance published an important survey on the availability of medical devices in August 2022. It assesses if clinicians experience that any devices that they normally use are no longer availabl...
New BeWell Consortium kicks off its work
The BeWell consortium held its kick-off meeting on 14 July to discuss its upcoming activities around the project. BioMed Alliance is a partner in the project and works with 23 other organisations with...
Press release calling for urgent measures to ensure the continuing availability of essential medical devices
The BioMed Alliance published a press release calling on Member States to take action and prevent a potential shortage of medical devices, ahead of the discussions during the EPSCO meeting on 14 June...
Biomedical Alliance in Europe calls for urgent measures to ensure the continuing availability of essential medical devices
The BioMed Alliance published a new press release calling on Member States to take action and prevent a potential shortage of medical devices, ahead of the discussions during the EPSCO meeting on 14 J...
The European Commission announced delays in the IVDR implementation
The European Commission published a legislative proposal amending the in-Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR), and more specifically amending the transitional provisions for certain in-vitro diagnostic...
IVD Task Force publishes new article on the implications of IVDR for innovation in diagnostics
The BioMed Alliance In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Task Force has written an article on the Critical Implications of the In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR) for Innovation in Diagnostics, which is now...
BioMed Alliance calls for support for the population affected by the war in Ukraine
The BioMed Alliance has followed developments around the Russian army's invasion of Ukraine with great concern. We believe that the health and wellbeing of citizens must come first: lives must be prot...
Thoughts of the outgoing Past President – Axel R Pries
Towards a European Health Union: Role of the BioMed Alliance
Dear Friends and Colleagues in the BioMed Alliance,
May be, you allow me to start with a provocative question: Why are you in...
Apply now: Additional experts needed for European Commission EXPAMED Panels
The European Commission has informed us that they are looking for additional candidates to be part of the Medical Devices Expert Panels (EXPAMED). The panels play a key role in evaluating high-risk de...