MedCity News March 26, 2023
In the EU, there is a widespread distrust of American tech companies, according to a recent conference presentation by an international healthcare lawyer. Because of this, the EU has established a number of new laws protecting its citizens’ data privacy and creating frameworks for the secure exchange of information — laws that American health tech companies will have to comply with if they do business in the EU.
American health tech companies that conduct business in the European Union or are seeking to do so should pay attention to the new data laws emerging in the region, according to Bleddyn Rees, chair at the Digital Health Society. Rees, who has decades of experience as an international healthcare lawyer, explained some...