EU CLINCHES MEDICAL DEVICE DEAL WITH PHTHALATE RESTRICTIONS
May 1st, 2016
Use of phthalates in medical devices could be restricted in the European Union (EU) under a deal stuck in Brussels on Thursday (May 26). European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers representatives clinched a compromise deal on a proposed revision of the EU medical devices and in vitro diagnostics directives, which would limit use of substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction or have endocrine (hormone) disrupting properties.
The agreement, which the parliament and council still have to clear formally, bars invasive or implantable ...
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