Ahead of next week’s European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, German Conservative MEP Peter Liese (CDU, EPP) outlined his centre-right group’s priorities for the new term, including the urgent revision of the EU’s Medical Devices Regulation.

“The prompt revision of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and the adoption of a Critical Medicine Act to fight and overcome the shortage of critical medicines are top priorities for the next parliamentary term,” Liese told a press briefing on Friday morning (12 July). 

Medical devices

Although Liese told journalists that the…