The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) has issued this September 2022 new guidance on the activities to be performed by the notified bodies as part…
MDR & IVDR: Manual on borderline classification issued!
In September 2022, the Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) issued a manual addressing borderline and classification under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic…
Call for EU reference laboratories to Member States
In July 2022, the European Commission opened its call for Member States to submit applications for EU reference laboratories. The call is for EU Member…
MDCG position paper on Notified Body capacity and availability of medical devices and IVDs!
The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) released a new position paper on the transition to the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Devices Regulation (IVDR) this…
MDR & IVDR national implementation: Finland
The national implementation of the Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745 (MDR) and In Vitro Devices Regulation 2017/746 (IVDR) in Finland is regulated through the Finnish Medical Devices Act 719/2021,…
Notified Body Designation process: MDCG guidance
The Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) has released this August a guidance on the designation, re-assessment and notification under MDR & IVDR of conformity assessment…
Team-NB: Notified body approach for multiplex IVDs
Team-NB, the European Association of Medical Devices of Notified Bodies, published a position paper on the approach to the Technical Documentation assessment of multiplex IVD…
Implementation Rolling Plan July 2022 (MDR/IVDR)
The European Commission released an updated Implementation Rolling Plan under the Regulations 2017/745 and 2017/746 with the list of implementing acts and actions to take…
Practices and alternatives until EUDAMED is fully functional
The new Regulations on medical devices (MDR) and in vitro medical devices (IVDR) introduced EUDAMED, a new traceability system for medical devices on the EU…
EUDAMED Delayed!
The European Commission has announced a delay of the full functionality of the European database on medical devices (EUDAMED) and a new update of the…