Implemented during the pandemic and helped by new technologies, hybrid audits have become more frequent. A hybrid audit is an audit conducted on site and…
MDR & IVDR national implementation: Austria
The Austrian Medical Device Act 2021 implements the EU Regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in Austria. The Austrian Federal Office…
Annex XVI devices: Common specifications and reclassification
The official journal of the European Union now includes two Commission Implementing Regulations on Annex XVI of the Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745 (MDR). The first…
MDR: 35 Notified Bodies on NANDO
The NANDO database newly listed 35 Notified Bodies under the MDR! INSTITUT PRO TESTOVÁNI A CERTIFIKACI, a. s. has been the latest NB notified under…
Clinical investigations under the MDR: New Revision of MDCG on Safety reporting
The Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) released on October 2022 a new revision to their MDCG guidance on safety reporting in clinical investigations of medical devices…
Guidance on EAR: obligations and responsibilities under the Regulations
In October 2022, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) published a new Guidance on obligations and responsibilities of the Authorised Representative. According to the Regulations…
Medical Devices in the UK: extension for CE marked devices
With Brexit, the legislation of the European Union does not apply in the United Kingdom anymore. Currently, the Medical Device Regulations 2002 (UK MDR 2002)…
Notified Bodies: requirements, certifications, and applications
Several publications related to notified bodies marked October 2022. Among others, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) published a Q&A document on requirements relating to…
Updated EC Implementation Rolling Plan (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/actions to take with different…
MDR: 34 Notified Bodies on NANDO
The NANDO database newly listed 34 Notified Bodies under the MDR! ENTE CERTIFICAZIONE MACCHINE SRL has been the latest NB notified under the Regulation (EU)…