UK – Borderline products: how to tell if your product is a medical device...
Some products are hard to distinguish from a medical device, for example products that might be medicines, cosmetics, food supplements, biocidal products or personal...
Europe – La prolongation de la période de transition pour les dispositifs médicaux et...
L’amendement qui modifie les Règlements (UE) 2017/745 et (UE) 2017/746 en ce qui concerne les dispositions transitoires relatives à certains dispositifs médicaux (DM) et...
Europe – IVDR implementation day overshadowed by lack of notified bodies, risks to patients
While the European Union’s In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) is now in effect, stakeholders are concerned that the road forward is not...
UK – MHRA appoints first new UK Approved Body to certify medical devices since...
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that DEKRA Certification UK Ltd has now joined the three current UK Approved Bodies,...
Switzerland – Swiss Regulators Set To Recognize US FDA-Cleared or Approved Medical Devices
Swiss legislators have authorized adoption of new laws to recognize medical devices and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices that have received US Food and...
Europe – Amendement des normes IEC 60601 : les impacts sur l’évaluation des DM
Publiée pour la première fois en 1977, la norme IEC 60601-1 décrit les exigences générales de sécurité et de performances applicables aux dispositifs électro-médicaux....
Europe – Questions and Answers on Certificates of Free Sale and Article 60 of...
This Questions and Answers document was developed by competent authorities, with the aim of providing guidance in the area of Certificates of Free Sale.
It...
Europe – COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/… laying down common specifications for the groups...
This Regulation lays down common specifications for the groups of products without an intended medical purpose listed in Annex XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/745.
Annex...
UK – MHRA increases UK assessment capacity for in-vitro diagnostic devices
UL International UK Limited have had their current designation as an approved body extended to include almost all Part IV In-vitro Diagnostics Medical Devices,...
Europe – MDCG 2023-4 Medical Device Software (MDSW) – Hardware combinations
Software has become an increasingly important part of the medical device landscape. It is
estimated that one in four medical devices either incorporate medical device...
