Is it a medicine? Is it a device? It can be both, says EU court
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
In a ruling that may come as some surprise to those on both sides of the drug/device divide, the Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that a product can be classified as a medicinal product in one member state and as a medical device in another, and thus be subject to different sets of legislation.
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