MDCG 2021-28 Substantial modification of clinical investigation under Medical Device Regulation

2023-03-29T15:49:01+00:00December 1st, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , |

New guideline for Europe on trial changes has been published! MDCG 2021-28 - Substantial modification of clinical investigation under Medical Device Regulation. The sponsor of a clinical investigation is required to submit an application to the Member State in [...]

FDA-EMA Parallel Scientific Advice Pilot Program for Complex Generic/Hybrid Products

2023-03-29T15:53:12+00:00September 16th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Europe, FDA, Innovation, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) launched a new pilot program to provide parallel scientific advice (PSA) to sponsors of complex generic drugs, or hybrid medicines, as they are called in the [...]

MHRA announces combined review of clinical trials for medicinal products

2023-03-29T15:54:25+00:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Europe, Regulatory, UK|Tags: , , , |

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) plans to streamline the review process for clinical trials of medicinal products concerning the changes brought by Brexit. As of January 2022, new Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs) will [...]

Switzerland: New regulations applicable to medical devices as of 26 May 2021

2024-02-29T14:30:34+00:00May 27th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Europe, Switzerland|Tags: , , , , |

Additional provisions have been adopted for the new Medical Device Regulation (MedDO) in Switzerland and enter into force on 26 May 2021. This action was taken to offset the negative consequences of the absence of the MRA update and [...]

Austria: medical device and IVD clinical trials submission process changes during transition to MDR

2023-03-31T09:12:27+00:00April 22nd, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Europe, MDR|Tags: , , , , |

The Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) gave information on a new validation process during the transition to the MDR which will come into force in May 2021.Meditrial manages several studies in Austria and has direct connections [...]

International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) to issue revision of E6 (R2) Good Clinical Practice in the fall of 2021

2023-03-31T12:43:00+00:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Regulatory|Tags: , , , |

The International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) is working on the revision of E6 (R2) Good Clinical Practice, the guidace addressing GCP to provide a unified standard for the ICH region and to facilitate the mutual acceptance of clinical data. Meditrial [...]

Switzerland: New requirements and changes to authorization practice as of May 2021

2024-02-29T14:31:01+00:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Europe, MDR, Switzerland|Tags: , , , |

Swissmedic has recently announced new regulations and requirements for the authorization of clinical trials in Switzerland. Meditrial and its team based in the Zug office manage several studies in Switzerland and has direct connections with Investigators, hospitals and local [...]

US: FDA provides examples on real world evidence to support marketing applications for medical devices

2024-02-29T16:54:30+00:00March 19th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, USA|Tags: , , , , |

The FDA issued a document reporting examples of real world evidence (RWE) application to support marketing applications for medical devices. The document includes examples of RWE in several submission types: premarket notification 510(k) , De Novo, humanitarian device exemption [...]

EU: MDCG issues Q&A on custom made devices

2023-04-21T09:14:17+00:00March 15th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Europe, MDR, Software|

The European Commission Medical Device Coordination Group has issued a Q&A document on custom made devices. The document includes the definition of custom made device, examples of eligible and non-eligible devices and MDR-related procedures. Contact Meditrial to know how we [...]

EU: EMA expands the use of remote source data verification in clinical trials

2023-03-31T13:12:41+00:00February 9th, 2021|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

The European Commission and European Medicines Agency’s updated the guidance on managing clinical trials conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding the use and scope of remote source data verification (rSDV) in clinical trials. While previous versions of the guidance [...]

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