The future of medical device regulation : innovation and protection /

"Regulators have been more permissive for medical devices compared to their drug and biologic counterparts. While innovative products can thereby reach consumers more quickly, this approach raises serious public health and safety concerns. Additionally, the nature of medical devices is rapidly...

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Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Cohen, I. Glenn (Editor), Minssen, Timo (Editor), Price, W. Nicholson, II (Editor), Robertson, Christopher T., 1975- (Editor), Shachar, Carmel, 1985- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Regulators have been more permissive for medical devices compared to their drug and biologic counterparts. While innovative products can thereby reach consumers more quickly, this approach raises serious public health and safety concerns. Additionally, the nature of medical devices is rapidly changing, as software has become as important as hardware. Regulation must keep pace with the current developments and controversies of this technology. This volume provides a multidisciplinary evaluation of the ethical, legal, and regulatory concerns surrounding medical devices in the US and EU"--
Item Description:Based on papers that were to be presented at the Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Innovation and Protection: The Future of Medical Device Regulation, scheduled to be held on May 8, 2020, but were presented as podcasts due to Covid-19.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781108975452
1108975453
DOI:10.1017/9781108975452