SCENIHR - Call for information on the safety of medical devices containing nanomaterials (Deadline for submissions: 10 October 2012)

The Scientific Committee on Emerging and newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has received a request for a scientific opinion on the safety of medical devices containing nanomaterials. The mandate is available here(73 KB).

Interested parties are invited to submit any relevant information that could assist the scientific committee with this assessment.

All information should be submitted in electronic format to Sanco-SCENIHR-Secretariat@ec.europa.eu specifying “Nano in MedDev - Call for Information” in the subject line of the e-mail.

All information is considered public unless otherwise stated by the provider. 

A document on guidelines for submission of contributions, containing criteria for the call for information and guidance for submission can be found here(44 KB).

Deadline for submissions:  10 October 2012. 

More information on the SCENIHR and the other Scientific Committees of the European Commission can be found here.

Fonte: European Commission - Health and Consumers