title: A European regulatory pathway for tissue engineering--at last.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D018795:Device Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards