A European regulatory pathway for tissue engineering--at last.
After many years of scientific and political struggles, the European Union now appears to be heading for success in the development of a new regulatory pathway for innovative therapeutic products, including those of tissue engineering. This article summarises the main issues of those developments and some essentials of the proposed new regulation.
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David
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Tissue Engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
D018795:Device Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards