Cook Medical EMEA Group Limited
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
1
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The principal business activity of the Cook Group in EMEA is the design, manufacture and distribution of medical devices to customers and the holding of shares in European sales subsidiaries. The Group has two manufacturing plants in Europe, based in Ireland and Denmark. The European master distribution centre is based in Germany. The Group has a large customer base of hospitals and clinics in Western Europe and also exports to distributors in Eastern Europe, the Middle East & Africa as well as supplying products to the North & South American & Asia Pacific markets. The medical devices sold by the Group are categorised into two business divisions, Vascular and MedSurg. Devices under the Vascular division are for aortic and peripheral interventional, lead management and interventional radiology procedures. Devices under the Med Surg division serve customers in critical care, endoscopy, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, reproductive health, surgery, and urology.
EU Legislative Interests
We are primarily interested in legislation that supports the EU Medical Device sector. Regulations in the area of the EUMDR, The EU Green agenda, HTA regulation and Tariffs are areas of interest to our Company. Objective: - The object of influencing activities here are directed at the EU institutions, are to explain and provide feedback on how these pieces of proposed legislation will impact patients, users and manufacturers alike. They are complex and during the drafting, approval and implementing stages it is important that those at an EU level receive input on how these regulations will work in practice. In terms of regulation, we are primarily focused on providing feedback and comment on Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the council 0f 5 April 2017. With regards to HTA we are focused on providing feedback on Proposal for a Regulation on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and how it impacts both patients, end users and manufacturers. During the implementation phase there will be a number of amending and delegated acts supporting this regulation and where necessary we would like to provide feedback on both patients and manufacturers. Regarding the the EU Green deal we are focused on providing feedback on legislations in this space as it relates to the Medical Device Sector. Directives and regulations such as the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), The Packaging and Packaging waste Directive 94/62/EC and the EU Chemicals strategy and associated legislation.
Communication Activities
Conferences, Member State Trade associations as well as those in Brussels have been a platform for our opinion sharing.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Medtech Europe SNITEM Association of British Healthcare Fenin Catalunya ASSOBIOMEDICA Medicoindustrien BvMed - Bundesverband BvMed Irish Medtech CONFINDUSTRIA DISPOSITIVI MEDICI
Organisation Members
Primary one is:- www.medtecheurope.org
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.