BIOTECHNOLOGY – EU
January 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Commission is proposing to harmonise legislation authorising the procedures for marketing the sophisticated manufacturing processes involved in human tissue engineering. The first products being developed in this growing field include artificial skin, cartilage and bone. Brussels said that the novel technology required to make these products promised to change medical practice "profoundly" by regenerating diseased tissues and organs instead of just repairing them. However, in a policy paper (Communication) on the subject, the Commission ...
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