The 12th Notified Body for Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices has been included in the list of designated Notified bodies available in the European Commission’s NANDO information system. The new notified body is Sertio Oy and based in Finland. … Read more
It’s no secret that software has become an integral part of many medical devices on the EU market. It is estimated that a quarter of medical devices either incorporate a software or could be considered to be a medical device software in their own right. In many cases, the MDSW can only achieve its intended … Read more
Products are becoming more complex in the digital age and with this increase in complexity, comes a potential increase in risk. In keeping up with the times, the European Commission published a proposal for a new directive on liability of defective products in September 2022. This would revise the existing Product Liability Directive, adopted nearly … Read more
A revision to the MDR has been published by the EU in which they intended to streamline the UDI requirements for certain products, starting with contact lenses. This new revision sees an easing of the UDI requirements for contact lenses and hence a reduction in the associated administrative burdens by allowing for manufacturers to assign … Read more
The 11th Notified Body for Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices has been included in the list of designated Notfied bodies available in the European Commission’s NANDO information system. For the NANDO information system, please click here. For more information … Read more
An update to the Manual on Borderline and Classifications under the MDR and IVDR has been published. The last update, version 2, was issued in December 2022, and since then has been updated to include the following devices: Root canal irrigation solutions, Temperature sensors embedded in orthopaedic devices for compliance tracking, System intended to produce … Read more
On June 21, 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1194 amending the transitional provisions laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2346 for certain products without an intended medical purpose listed in Annex XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). This document has been adopted to align the transitional provisions … Read more
Surveillance by the notified bodies is a condition that needs to be satisfied in order to make the manufacturer eligible for the extension in the transitional periods. Usually, the surveillance activities would be undertaken by the notified body that issued the CE certificate under the previous directives, as stated in Article 120 (3) the MDR. … Read more
Regulation (EU) 2023/607, that has been adopted in March 2023, amends the transitional provisions for certain medical devices covered by the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). The transitional provisions were introduced in order avert any risk critical medical devices shortages in the EU market and to help with the limited capacity of the notified … Read more
The MHRA has designated three new UK approved bodies, almost doubling it’s capacity for the certification of medical devices. There are now a total of seven UK approved bodies in the UK. These approved bodies play an important role in the medical device industry by helping manufacturers to get their device on the market and … Read more
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