(TÜVRheinland: Newtown, CT) —  Starting March 21, all medical device manufacturers must comply with the Directive 2007/47/EC or risk being pulled from the European Union market. Medical device manufacturers can learn more about the medical device directive at a half-day seminar hosted by TÜVRheinland, a global provider of independent testing and certification services.

The educational event called “Are You Ready for the Changes to the Medical Device Directive” will take place in five locations across the United States: in Waltham, Massachusetts; San Francisco and Irvine, California; Shoreview, Minnesota;  and Tampa Bay, Florida. 

TÜVRheinland will explain the changes to the Directive 2007/47/EC, which amends sections of the medical device Directive (93/42/EEC), the active implantable medical device Directive (90/385/EEC), and the biocidal product Directive (98/8/EC). 

The seminar will summarize the new directive and its effect on all previously classified medical devices. Additionally, the agenda will include the medical device directive’s:

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