The European medical device (MD) market is estimated to be worth around €140 billion. It is the second biggest MD market in the world, covering 27.6% of the world market, behind only the United States. This should be encouraging to medical device companie...

Every step of medical devices logistics importing, selling, and marketing in the EU involves stringent regulations. The industry was once governed by the Medical Device Directive (MDD), eventually amended by the current Medical Devices Regulation (MDR).

All medical devices sold in the region are required to have Unique Device Identification (UDI) numbers under the MDR.