European Commission

The new rules aim to improve access to innovative technologies.

The new legislation is intended to improve the safety of medical devices. 

Member States and the European Commission have set up a service to allow national apps to talk to each other. 

The proposal aims to ensure that Europe's data is collated and shared in a secure and transparent way.

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Industry leaders across medtech and pharmaceutical sectors applaud proposal for its forward thinking.

A common toolbox has been compiled to help EU member states take a coordinated and standards-based approach to support exit strategies from their coronavirus containment measures, enabling them to stay complaint with data protection and privacy regulations.

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Governments, industry and regulators worldwide are trying to make the pharmaceutical supply chain more bullet-proof and the use of blockchain based track and trace technology has been hailed as a possible solution.

The Netherlands signs declaration to link up access to genomic databases across the EU, joining 17 other member states already involved in the initiative.