EAHP opinion focusing on the application of the medical device regulations

[ ]EAHP calls on the European Commission to make the mapping of the GMDN to the EMDN fully available before May 2021 since it is of relevance for the work of hospital pharmacists Hospital pharmacists should be involved in the selection, procurement and evaluation of medical devices in the hospital sector with other healthcare professionals, including the management of clinical trials with medical devices and the evaluation of software classified as a medical device [ ]EAHP would like to emphasise again the need for close collaboration between authorities and healthcare professionals Centring around the theme ‘Hospital Pharmacy 5 0 - the future of patient care’ the scientific programme developed by EAHP’s Scientific Committee did not only provide participants with a look forward but also looked back at the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had and still has on the profession Besides being reflected among the different poster submissions the topic also was the focus of two sessions looking at multi-disciplinary care for COVID-19 patients and the repurposing of treatment options