Brazil – ANVISA announces major medical device registration updates

Brazil’s medical device market regulator, ANVISA announced major updates to its Resolution of the Collegiate Board of Directors (RDC) 185/2001. The changes will serve to strengthen the country’s medical device registration regulations upon their effective date of March 1, 2023.

The updates (link in Portuguese) to RDC No. 185/2001 further define the rules for classifying the risk of medical devices, the requirements for labeling and instructions for use and the procedures for notification or registration of medical devices…