MedTech Europe Urges EU to Remove Barriers to Fight COVID-19

MedTech Europe is calling on the EU and Europe’s national health authorities to increase the availability of reliable IVD tests and to challenge any decision that limits access to personal protective equipment.

To scale up testing, CE marked COVID-19 tests will have to be made available to EU member states in greater quantities, the group said. So far, 28 IVD tests have been CE-marked, mostly developed outside of Europe and not widely available in the EU.

Several EU member states, including Germany and France, have acted unilaterally by requisitioning protective equipment or putting in place export bans.

MedTech Europe called on the European Commission and EU member states to support companies’ efforts by taking a harmonized approach to “accelerate widespread access to reliable and high-quality tests.”

It urged the commission and the member states to “correct any unilateral decision and bring back the European spirit of access to needed healthcare solutions for all as quickly as possible.”