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UK consultation on future device regulation published
The UK government, via the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has now published its consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the UK. The MHRA webpage introducing the consultation is available from here, and the consultation questionnaire itself is accessible here. As background, the current 2021 version of the 2002 device…
UK Government consults on use of phthalates in medical devices
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is inviting responses to a consultation seeking views on extending the restrictions on the use of four phthalates in medical devices, monitoring and control equipment in Great Britain (GB). “We want to know what you think about a proposed restriction on the use of 4…
Industry again warn Commission of potential for IVD shortages
MedTech Europe, the European trade association for the medical technology industry including diagnostics, medical devices and digital health, ran a survey in July 2021 to gather data from IVD manufacturers on the state of the IVD market today and how they are expected to transition to the IVD Regulation within ten months from the survey…
EN ISO 13485 now linked to MDR/IVDR
CEN has now published EN ISO 13485:2016+A11:2021, ‘Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes’, adding Annex Zs to the already published standard. It is expected that the European Commission will add EN ISO 13485:2016+A11:2021 to the slowly growing list of standards harmonized under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR, 2017/745) and the…
Notified Body numbers update
Between 1 July 2021 and 1 September 2021, the following notified bodies (NBs) have been added to the lists of NBs available for operation under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR, 2017/745) and In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR, 2017/746), according to the NANDO database: TÜV Rheinland Italia (23rd NB under the MDR) GMed SAS (6th NB…
MDCG issues new guidance for importers and distributors under MDR/IVDR
MDCG 2021-23 is a new guidance document published by the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) addressed to importers and distributors of medical devices on the requirements in Article 16 of the regulations. Article 16 is headed ‘Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers, distributors or other persons’, and apply in cases such as:…
MedTech Europe responds to Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act
MedTech Europe (MTE), the European trade association representing the medical technology industry including diagnostics, medical devices and digital health, has provided its response to the European Commission’s adoption consultation on the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The Association comments that: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is increasingly used in healthcare and in recent years has been…
FDA advises new fees for FY 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration has now published its revised user fees for its fiscal year (FY) 2022, which starts on 1 October 2021. Any submissions or applications arriving at the Agency on or after 1 October 2021 will need to have paid the new fees, which are:
EMA issues guidelines for combination products
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a new guidance document, titled ‘Guideline on quality documentation for medicinal products when used with a medical device’, providing advice on the quality information that manufacturers of combination products should submit in marketing authorization applications (MAA) to the Agency. The guideline also incorporates the recent revision of the…
First standards harmonised under MDR/IVDR
In only a trickle rather than the desired flood, the first five standards to be harmonised under the MDR and IVDR have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). Four of the standards are identified for both MDR and IVDR, covering sterilization, and one has been identified for medical devices only,…
