BioMed Alliance has published an important new survey on the availability of medical devices, assessing if clinicians experience that any devices that they normally use are no longer available on the market. The survey was developed by BioMed Alliance in cooperation with ESC and is available here until 18 September.
Reports from clinicians, the European Commission and manufacturers have shown that there are issues around the availability of medical devices due to delayed certification procedures under the Medical Devices Regulation. This problem may become worse in the coming period if measures are not taken to address it, and many devices are at risk of being taken of the market with serious consequences for the provision of healthcare in Europe.
This survey intends to assess whether clinicians in different fields are already experiencing issues around the availability of certain medical devices, which devices are affected and whether they expect to experience any issues in the future. The results will help us to gather more information on the extent of the issue and will serve as a basis for discussions with policy makers and stakeholders on this topic.
Fill out the survey here by 18 September 2022.
