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<strong>Combination</strong> <strong>Products</strong><br />

What is a “medical device”<br />

European Union definition (continued):<br />

“… <strong>and</strong> which does not achieve its principal intended action<br />

in or on the human body by pharmacological,<br />

immunological or metabolic means, but which may be<br />

assisted in its function by such means” [Emphasis added]<br />

Source: Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices<br />

18-Oct-06<br />

APEC Tokyo 2006 <strong>Combination</strong> <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>n Harmonization; M. Gropp<br />

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