Back in April, 2020, the European Commission has committed itself to set up a database of CE marked COVID-19 IVD tests. The Commission has now published a link under which… Read More
In summer 2019, mdi Europa has reported that the European Commission has restructured its website on medical devices. Since then, manufacturers could retrieve valuable information about EU regulatory requirements under… Read More
mdi Europa has been contacted frequently throughout the COVID-19 crisis regarding regulatory requirements for surgical masks in Europe under Directive 93/42/EEC (MDD) and Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) on medical devices.… Read More
The formal standardisation request from the European Commission to the European standards bodies will get essential standards work to support compliance with Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR). The… Read More
On its website on the European database on medical devices (EUDAMED), the European Commission has declared a new timetable for the new Eudamed medical device database. According to the Commission,… Read More
Using literature for clinical evaluations was a common approach for setting up clinical evaluations under the MDD. This article discusses the new MDCG 2020-5 guidance document, which illustrates to what… Read More
mdi Europa is constantly screening various sources on news and guidance that could be of importance for medical device manufacturers. In this context, we came across two guidance documents that… Read More
With 67 million inhabitants, France is the second largest market in Europe after Germany. And this also applies to the Medical Device sector. Therefore, medical device manufacturers from all over… Read More
The German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has specified on its website the provisions for this special route, which follows Recommendation (EU) 2020/403 from March 13. The article… Read More
The European Commission seemingly wants to catch up with the shortfalls of the last years. Late April, the following guidance documents for Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) have… Read More
The European Commission has published a derogatory report on the level of evidence available for COVID-19 tests – RNA, antigen and antibody tests – arriving on the market. It explains… Read More
The European Commission has officially recommended to postpone Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) for one year. All eyes are on the EU institutions if the proposal will be… Read More
The European Commission has continued to work on guidance for manufacturers and other economic operators of medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) to provide answers on specific questions that… Read More
The European Commission proposed a delay of the MDR and suggested to postpone the date of application for one year due to the current COVID-19 crisis. The Joint Implementation/Preparedness Plan… Read More
The European Commission proposed to exempt certain medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE) urgently required in the current COVID-19 crisis from regular CE marking requirements. Germany and the UK… Read More
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) requires manufacturers to fulfill much more specific obligations with regards to usability. It is important to note that these requirements are applicable for… Read More
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) is not even three months away and the designation of Notified Bodies is still behind the expectations of the industry and the announcements… Read More
The European Commission has issued new guidance documents on the new nomenclature system EMDN that manufacturers must use under the Medical Devices and IVD Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and… Read More
31 January 2020 was a somewhat significant day as the UK formally left the EU at a strategic point in the implementation of the Medical Devices and IVD Regulations (EU)… Read More
ISO 14971 is a global risk management standard that has just been updated in keeping with technological and regulatory changes in the medtech industry. In the EU, the standard is… Read More
The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued two additional guidance documents in December 2019. The “Explanatory notes on MDR codes” provide further clarification on the use of designation codes of… Read More
The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued a guidance document to help manufacturers of class I medical devices to comply with Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR). It gives… Read More
The European Commission wants to permit early access to SRN before Eudamed launches in 2022 Eudamed will be delayed by at least two years. However, upon pressure by local country… Read More
During the past years, mdi Europa has provided a number of templates and checklists that may be useful for the transition of the Medical Devices Regulation and In Vitro Diagnostic… Read More
MedTech Europe has published an article earlier this year about symbols that have been proposed by the industry association to be included in the new revision of ISO 15223-1. MedTech… Read More
The requirements under the Medical Devices Directive and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC, MDD and 98/79/EC, IVDD) for the set-up of technical files were very general in nature.… Read More
From different sources we have heard that the introduction of EUDAMED will be delayed – probably for two years. In the meantime, this has been confirmed on the European Commission’s… Read More
The European Commission is continuing efforts to designate additional Notified Bodies under the new Regulations. More recently, bsi Netherlands and DARE!! Services have both been designated under Regulation (EU) 2017/745… Read More
The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) has published a long awaited guidance document in October on the qualification and classification of software under Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and 2017/746 on medical… Read More
MedTech industry is desperately waiting for more Notified Bodies to be designated under the MDR and IVDR. Two more organizations have now been appointed. You may already have heard the… Read More
Many important documents and guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) are still missing. In certain aspects, however, things seem to evolve in a direction… Read More
The European Commission has restructured and further developed its website on the Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR). We strongly… Read More
mdi Europa has set up a checklist that is based on a formal template issued by the German competent authority. The template is used when reviewing the Technical Documentation, more… Read More
