Euro­pean Com­mis­sion hosts con­fer­ence on med­ical devices in March

The Euro­pean Com­mis­sion announced it will host a con­fer­ence on med­ical devices on March 16, 2026 from 9AM to 5PM CET – the title of the con­fer­ence is “Med­ical Devices: Inno­va­tion and patient safety”.

Accord­ing to the announce­ment, the event will focus on lat­est sec­tor devel­op­ments. Inter­est­ing­ly, there will be three break­out ses­sions focus­ing on:

• Enhanced pre­dictabil­i­ty for con­for­mi­ty assess­ments: com­bin­ing cer­tain­ty with flexibility
• Clin­i­cal evi­dence at EU lev­el to sup­port the reg­u­la­to­ry frame­work: the key role of Expert Panels
• Break­through tech­nolo­gies for bet­ter care: turn­ing guid­ance into reality 

These are aligned with some of the most vis­i­ble points brought for­ward with the Com­mis­sion pro­pos­al for MDR and IVDR amend­ments and asso­ci­at­ed pro­posed amend­ing regulations.

Reg­is­tra­tions for on site vis­its can be made until Feb­ru­ary 20. Off site vis­i­tors can access a webstream.

Source: Euro­pean Commission 

Accom­pa­ny­ing this sub­ject we rec­om­mend the fol­low­ing con­tent on our website

• Draft imple­ment­ing reg­u­la­tion — noti­fied body practices 
• The EUDAMED first four mod­ules will be manda­to­ry to use as from 28 May 2026
• EU MDR & IVDR reform: what man­u­fac­tur­ers need to know