Medical Device Makers Ending Production of Life-Saving Devices Due to New EU Law

Six-year-old cancer patient Nyobe, trains on a puppet to learn to change a pad over a catheter with the help a nurse in her room at the paediatric oncology unit of the AP-HP Armand Trousseau hospital in Paris on March 16, 2021. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images

A recently passed law by the European Commission (EC), meant to improve safety standards for medical devices in Europe, has led manufacturers to pull life-saving products from the shelves for failing to meet the new criteria.

This has led to a massive bottleneck, as thousands of medical devices seek re-approval before the 2024 deadline, according to latest data.