title: The future with the UK Medical Devices Agency.
abstract: The medical device industry is facing a period of profound change and opportunity. This is partly arising from rapid developments in various fields of science and technology and partly from sociological and perceptual changes in society. One regulatory agency describes how it is responding to the challenge.
authors.affiliation: UK Medical Devices Agency, Hannibal House, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6TQ, UK. mail@medical-devices.gov.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jefferys
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003132:Commerce / Q000639:trends*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom