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…
MDCG Joint Implementation plan on IVDR
In October 2022, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) released a new update to its joint plan on the preparedness and implementation of the In…
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…
NB Position Paper: What are Hybrid Audits and how to perform them?
In September 2022, Team-NB published a position paper on hybrid audits for quality management system assessments of medical devices under MDR/IVDR. Team-NB is the European…
Upcoming MDR national implementation laws: Portugal
The applicable national implementation in Portugal will be stated under the Decree-Law ensuring the implementation of MDR 2017/745, a decree on MDR clinical investigations and IVDR performance…
IVD legacy devices: MDCG Guidance on appropriate surveillance
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…
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…