As part of its post-Brexit demarcation from the rest of Europe, the UK has introduced stand-alone Post-Market Surveillance (PMS) regulations that have been integrated into The Medical Devices Regulations 2002. The new requirements apply to Great Britain (GB), comprising England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland will continue to recognise the EU regulations for medical devices,…

The International Medical Devices Regulators Forum (IMDRF) has issued guidance on when and how regulators should share information about the potential postmarket risks of certain medical devices. On 1 April, IMDRF’s National Competent Authority Report (NCAR) Exchange Program Working Group published guidance titled ‘Medical Devices: Post Market Surveillance National Competent Authority Report Exchange Criteria and…

MedTech Europe, together with COCIR and other European industry associations, have published joint papers on two important topics for medical device manufacturers in the context of the forthcoming review of the Medical Device Regulation (MDR, 2017/745). The topics are: Recognition of MDSAP certificates for the purpose of CE marking, and Clinical strategy as part of…