All Medical devices articles
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Medical device standards update: March 2024
This edition of our regular column updates the progress of applicable standards to March 2024
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Overview of medical device regulations in Canada
Regulatory Rapporteur February 2024 | Volume 21 | No.2 Abstract Despite being a relatively small jurisdiction, Canada’s Medical Device Directorate (MDD) plays a dynamic role in shaping global regulations and taking a leadership role in regulatory harmonisation and convergence. ...
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MHRA workplan to support safe access to medtech
The MHRA has published a two-year workplan which will see the introduction of a range of new regulations for medical devices in the UK.
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MD3: Navigating the regulatory maze: challenges of medical device software
Regulatory Rapporteur December 2023 | Volume 20 | No.11 Chair: Dr. Célia Cruz, Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer, Complear Health, Portugal. Speakers and panelists: Mariana Madureira, Senior Officer at Health Products Directorate, Infarmed, Portugal. Abtin Rad, ...
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MD2/IVD2:
Medical technologies −
a catalyst for
regulatory innovationsRegulatory Rapporteur December 2023 | Volume 20 | No.11 Session leader Alwin van den Broek, Medical Devices Professional, the Netherlands. Maaike Labots, Manager Medical Writing, Avania Clinical, the Netherlands. Speakers and panelists Maryam Atakhorrami, Global ...
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IVD5: Class D IVDs
Regulatory Rapporteur December 2023 | Volume 20 | No.11 Session Leader Amanda Brown, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, HP, Germany. Ashleigh Batchen, Regulatory Strategy Principal (UK), TÜV SÜD, UK. Speakers and panelists Olga Tkachenko, ...
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MD5: Post-market challenges
Regulatory Rapporteur December 2023 | Volume 20 | No.11 Chair: Natasha Bankowski, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance, Beyond Air Ireland Ltd, Ireland. Speakers: Richard Vincins, VP Global Regulatory Affairs, Oriel STAT A MATRIX, ...
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MD4: Challenges and opportunities for small companies and start-ups
Regulatory Rapporteur December 2023 | Volume 20 | No.11 Chair: Margareth Jorvid – Chief Executive Officer, Methra Uppsala AB, Sweden. Speakers and panellists: Martin Witte, Senior Director, TÜV SÜD GmbH, Germany. Hasnaa Fatehi, Founder and ...
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Cyber risk standard gets FDA backing for medical devices
The FDA has encouraged the use of a consensus standard to help device manufacturers address growing concerns over cyber security in devices.
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Medical device standards update: November 2023
This edition of our regular column updates the progress of applicable standards to October 2023.
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Optimal materials selection in medical device development – a proactive biocompatibility approach
Regulatory Rapporteur October 2023 | Volume 20 | No.9 Introduction Biocompatibility evaluation of medical devices is a complex task related to various factors that include mainly chemical nature and physical properties of the material, the ...
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UK doubles capacity for certification of medical devices
TÜV SÜD, Intertek, and TÜV Rheinland UK have been designated as UK Approved Bodies to assess and certify general medical devices.
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A year of clinical trials under IVDR:
a sponsor’s perspectiveThe new EU in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulation (IVDR) extends to medical use of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) in clinical trials, in addition to marketed IVDs. Although compliance to some aspects has been required since the Date of Application on 26 May 2022, there has been ...
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Regulatory challenges and opportunities facing hearing aid manufacturers in Europe
In a world where many people are living longer but not all are living well and age-related hearing loss affects approximately 20% of the European population aged 65 or older – hearing aids address a medical need which for the most part remains unmet. With increasing evidence ...