{"url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/42/spotting-medical-device-distributors-with-messy-eu", "author": {"handle": "brendancodykenny", "name": "Brendan Cody-Kenny", "headline": "Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A", "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny"}, "post": {"id": 42, "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/42/spotting-medical-device-distributors-with-messy-eu", "kind": "update", "summary": "Spotting medical device distributors with messy EU registrations needs a separate method per country, because each publishes different data.", "details": ["The Netherlands does not require distributors to register, so there is nothing to check.", "Ireland does not publish its register, and France keeps its database private.", "Italy publishes, but its data shows normal company churn and no sign of private-equity roll-ups."], "links": [], "tags": ["eu", "medical-devices", "regulatory-data"], "happened_on": null, "created": "2026-10-01T20:45:00.911908Z", "edited": "2026-10-02T05:21:34.342351Z"}}