EU: The MDCG informs on how to handle class D IVDs during transition to new regulation IVDR

2023-03-31T09:46:24+00:00April 12th, 2021|Categories: Compliance, Europe|Tags: , , , |

The transition period to the new in vitro diagnostic regulation (IVDR) in the EU will last till next 26 May, 2022. In order to inform device manufacturers, the European Commission´s Medical Device Coordination Group issued a Q&A including information on [...]

EU: Commission drives digital health by establishing new European Health and Digital Executive Agency

2023-03-31T11:05:13+00:00April 7th, 2021|Categories: Europe|Tags: , , |

The European Commission has established a new executive agency, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) for digital and health projects. The agency is expected to help Europe emerge stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic.The new HaDEA will be responsible [...]

EU: European Union and Commission launch EU4Health funding program to boost healthcare digitalization and make devices more accessible

2023-03-31T13:23:04+00:00March 30th, 2021|Categories: Europe, Innovation|Tags: , , , |

As COVID-19 keeps surging throughout many of the European countries, the EU and EU Commission launched EU4Health, the €5.1 billion funding program targeting EU countries, health organisations and NGOs. Aim of the program is to strengthen the resilience of post [...]

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 [...]

EU: EUDAMED UDI/device registration and Certificates and Notified Bodies modules available by September 2021.

2023-04-21T09:20:12+00:00March 5th, 2021|Categories: Compliance, Europe|Tags: , , |

The European Commission announced the activation of the modules on UDI/device registration (second module) and on Certificates and Notified Bodies (third module) by September 2021. The first module on Actor registration is available since December 2020. EUDAMED will act as [...]

EU: MDCG issues guidance on harmonised administrative practices and alternative technical solutions until EUDAMED is fully functional

2023-03-31T13:15:38+00:00March 1st, 2021|Categories: Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , |

The MDCG issued a new guidance "to Member States and other relevant parties on the application of certain MDR provisions during the absence of EUDAMED. To that end, this guidance intends to describe harmonised administrative practices and alternative technical solutions [...]

EU: The European Commission issues a guidance on management of legacy devices in Eudamed

2023-03-31T13:14:00+00:00February 15th, 2021|Categories: Compliance, Europe, MDR|Tags: , , , |

The European Commission issued a new guidance explaining how legacy devices and in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) will be managed in its Eudamed database, expected to be fully rolled out by May 2022. "Legacy Devices are defined as Medical Devices, Active [...]

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 [...]

EU: MDCG releases IVD classification guidance

2023-03-31T16:17:03+00:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Compliance, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , |

The European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) released a guidance on the classification of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) under the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR). The guide provides industry a clarification on how to accurately classify diagnostics under the [...]

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