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09.12.22 News
EPSCO meeting: EU Commission proposes selective amendments to MDR/IVDR

An EPSCO meeting involving EU Health Ministers took place on 9 December 2022. The Member States supported the EU Commission’s proposal to amend the MDR and the IVDR. The changes are essentially as follows:
06.12.22 Press release
SIRIS Report 2022

High quality of hip and knee implantations in Switzerland
29.11.22 Press release
Launch of Swiss Medtech Ticino

Swiss Medtech and the Ticino Chamber of Commerce join forces
28.11.22 Press release
Politicians decide in favour of patient care

Pragmatism and speed are now essential
17.11.22 News
Agreement between Switzerland and the UK

On 17 November, Switzerland and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on the mutual recognition of conformity assessments. 
03.11.22 News
Online information event by Swissmedic

The slides presented at today’s webinar by Swissmedic are available at:
01.11.22 News
New – We also speak Italian!

Swiss Medtech is adding another national language to its channels of communication.
19.10.22 Press release
Swiss Medtech MDR Conference

EU system losing its competitive edge
21.09.22 News
«Energy is scarce. Let's not waste it.»

Swiss Medtech has joined the Energy Saving Alliance and is committed to raising members' aware-ness of the federal government's «Energy is scarce, let's not waste it» campaign.
21.09.22 News
Expert for Tariffs and Remuneration (80%-100%)

In this newly created position, you will be an expert regarding tariffs and remuneration for medical technology goods and services. 
14.09.22 Press release
Medtech Sector Study 2022

Swiss medtech industry growing under demanding conditions
07.09.22 News
Rising cost pressure for medical device manufacturing

Since the end of 2020, medtech companies have faced growing shortages of components and raw materials, unprecedented rises in material and transportation costs, and increasingly long and unpredictable delivery times.