COVID-X D1.4 – Recommendation to health authorities and systems

This deliverable presents an overview of the legal challenges associated with the medical device industry and the proposed recommendations for policymakers to tackle them.

The insights presented in this document have been derived within close collaboration with the teams involved in the Covid-X project as well as industry experts; relevant literature has been used to highlight the issues at hand and to offer a look at the current status quo. This deliverable serves as a reference point and action plan for policymakers on a national as well as European level and advises on future steps that ought to be taken to better facilitate the implementation of novel medical solutions; this is especially relevant for the healthcare industry that has had to transform and adapt in the last 2 years due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is looking for ways to use the newest technology to improve the current processes.