The BioMed Alliance helped the European Commission to promote a call for additional candidates to be part of the Medical Devices Expert Panels (EXPAMED). The panels play a key role in evaluating high-risk devices and thus help to ensure the safety of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics in the EU.
The first call for experts was published in 2019, and since then the panels have started their work under the new Medical Devices Regulation and the In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation. Due to different circumstances and a large number of devices to evaluate, additional applications are welcomed in several fields. BioMed Alliance and its members have promoted both the initial call in 2019, a request for experts in 2021 and the third request for additional applications in 2022.