Legacy devices are devices that are typically covered by a valid CE Certificate or are being up-classified by the Regulations and benefit from a special…
United Kingdom: CE marking recognition for medical devices and IVDs
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: 39th Notified Body on NANDO!
The NANDO database lists a new Notified Body under the MDR! HTCert (Health Technology Certification Ltd) from Cyprus is the 39th Notified Body under the…
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 )…
PSUR under MDR: When it’s necessary, and what are the deadlines?
As part of the efforts to establish a more consistent and systematic review of post-market surveillance data by manufacturers under the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)…
Annex XVI MDR: new legacy period for devices without an intended medical purpose
Today, 21 June 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published the final text for the new legacy period of Annex XVI devices. Annex…
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…