EU commissioner for health and consumer policy John Dalli has resigned following an investigation by the EU anti-fraud office, OLAF, that linked him to an attempt to influence EU tobacco legislation. The resignation means that – just as medical device and IVD regulations go before the EU Parliament and Council of Ministers for ratification - industry may have lost a champion for their cause within the EU's legislative wing.
Mr Dalli had been spearheading wide-ranging reforms in both the EU medical device and pharmaceutical sectors. Richard Bergström, director general...
