Donawa Lifescience Consulting (DLC), headquartered in Rome, Italy, has announced the opening of a company in Great Britain (GB), Donawa Lifescience Ltd., to provide non-UK companies with ‘United Kingdom Responsible Person’ (UKRP) services as an easy initial pathway to the post-Brexit medical device market in Great Britain. Following the publication of the UK Medicines and…
Donawa Lifescience President, Maria E. Donawa M.D., has authored a new White Paper for inclusion in BSI’s Compliance Navigator series, titled ‘Medical device clinical investigations – What’s new under the MDR?’ The 30 page document discusses the important new requirements for pre-market and post-market clinical investigations included in the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR, 2017/745),…
Donawa Lifescience is pleased to inform its clients that in relation to travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, our Clinical Department has implemented an efficient procedure for remote monitoring visits. European harmonized standards for clinical studies with medical devices or in vitro diagnostics, as well as the US Food and Drug Administration allow and, in…
According to the Eudamed webpage, a significant upgrade will be installed over the period from 30 September and 4 October 2021, and users are advised not to try and access the system during this time, but to wait until a confirmation of upgrade completeness is published on the same webpage. The notice warns that the…
To allow consultation among competent authorities (CAs) on borderline and classification issues concerning medical devices, and to ensure that appropriate guidance is published in the Manual on Borderline & Classification for Medical Devices (the Manual), the Borderline & Classification Working Group (BCWG) of the Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) has updated the ‘Helsinki Procedure’ first…
The European Commission has published the September 2021 copy of its Newsletter for Medical Devices, copy obtainable from here. The Newsletter covers, among other topics: A webinar for patients Launch of a UDI Helpdesk Transitional provisions for IVD certification Q&A for specific combinations of medicinal products and medical devices Rules for Eudamed registration Identification numbers…
