Following the government’s decision to extend the CE mark recognition for a wide range of products, the UK announced that for medical devices, the deadlines…
Updated Notified Bodies survey on MDR/IVDR certifications and applications
The European Commission has issued an updated document on their survey conducted among Notified Bodies on certifications and applications under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and the…
European Commission updates factsheet for non-EU/EEA authorities
The European Commission has published an updated factsheet for authorities in non-EU/EEA states on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices. This factsheet seeks…
Regulatory lookout: Which other new regulations may be applicable to medtech manufacturers?
The EU is preparing and implementing several new legislations that may impact medical device manufacturers in the upcoming years. We will briefly assess some of…
MDR & IVDR: New harmonised standards
On 5 July 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published two new harmonised standards for sterilisation under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR )…
CE recognition period extended: UK law officially published
On 14 June 2023, the UK Government published The Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023. As mentioned in our previous post, Statutory Instrument 2023…
National implementation law: Turkey
The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency released its national legislation on medical devices in June 2021. In this sense, as per the Customs Union between…
MDR & IVDR national implementation: Malta
The Medicines Act 2020 “Medical Devices and In-Vitro diagnostic Medical Devices Provision on the Maltese Market Regulations” implements the EU Regulations on medical devices and…
IMDRF latest developments: towards global regulatory harmonisation
International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) is a group of regulators specialising in the field of medical devices. The IMDRF aims to move forward with…
UK recognises extended CE Certificates
The UK is taking new steps to recognise the extended CE Certificates in light of the recent amendment of the MDR and IVDR transitional periods.…