Thursday, June 4, 2009

Labeling for Diagnostic Devices: Best Practices

Since Dec. 7, 2003 in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) products must feature the CE mark to be sold in the European Union. With an ever-growing list of languages to be supported, IVD industry faces a dilemma: How can companies provide the required information in multiple languages, while making the information readable on a variety of sizes of labels?

The use of internationally recognized symbols as a substitute for text has been actively promoted to provide users with a uniform method of obtaining product information. Yet many diagnostics companies are struggling with the issues that surround multilingual label design and international symbology.

Labeling for Diagnostic Devices: Best Practices was presented by Andres Heuberger, President, with ForeignExchange Translations. For more details or to download this event, please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com