Why has product launch become more complex after the pandemic & how have the “roots of compliance” changed the EU regulatory environment?
In this sound bite from RCA Radio, host Brandon Miller is joined by Kinga Demetriou, an Expert Certifier at BSI, as they discuss how the pandemic changed the “roots of compliance” in the EU regulatory environment.
- Since the pandemic, quick routes to market such as EUAs have been stopped leading to market servaliance company’s putting more scrutiny on products (e.g. PPE masks)
- Manufactures have found out that offering a products in different markets take a lot of recourses to understand the roots of compliance depending on the location
- Different market access requirement have been introduced depending on geography
- New rules and certifications are in place making it more complex to launching products in multiple markets
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