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Regaining Health Technology Assessment from Oblivion: Improving and Integrating Regulation of Drugs, Medical Devices, Diagnostic Tests and Surgical Innovations

  • Carlos Campillo-ArteroEmail author
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Is there a broad, all-encompassing structure that meets the regulatory needs of medical innovations? This chapter will try to make the case that the answer is indisputably no, and provide some groundwork for improving and integrating regulation of drugs, devices, diagnostics and surgical innovations.

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European Union Medical Device Health Technology Assessment Surgical Innovation Government Accountability Office 
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  1. 1.Clinical and Health Services Evaluation, Health ServicePalma de MallorcaSpain
  2. 2.Center on Health and EconomicsUniversity Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain

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