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The Legal and Compliance team of MedTech Europe

3 blogs from the author

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Ethics

Posted on 03.05.2017

Considerations on European transparency rules for the future

Following on the footsteps of our American colleagues, MedTech Europe would like to offer some thoughts on the issue of transparency and disclosure laws and how certain adaptations could help to frame transparency for a new reality. Over the last few years, a number of European countries have passed transparency or disclosure (sometimes also called “Sunshine”) laws […]

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Ethics

Posted on 08.03.2017

Code of Ethical Business Practice: Impressions from interviews with Healthcare Professionals

The MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice entered into force on the 1st January 2017, with the phase-out of direct sponsorship that needs to be implemented in less than a year from now. The Code has been the topic of many conversations. However, until recently, we did not have the opinion of individual Healthcare […]

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Ethics

Posted on 25.01.2017

Code of Ethical Business Practice: Open letter to the healthcare community

The new MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice (the “Code”) came in force on the 1st January 2017 and replaces the Eucomed Code of Ethical Business Practices and the EDMA Code of Ethics. The Code allows for an additional year to phase out direct sponsorship by the entire medtech industry but this may be […]