PRAC Strategy on Measuring Pharmacovigilance Activities

2023-03-29T13:55:52+00:00April 22nd, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , |

In 2017, PRAC established a strategy for measuring the impact of pharmacovigilance activities, and EMA has published a second revision in April 2022. The second revision of the PRAC Impact Strategy integrates the achievements over a five-year period since its launch in [...]

EMA publishes Updated Version of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Q&A

2023-03-29T14:01:51+00:00April 4th, 2022|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published an updated version of its good clinical practice questions and answers (#GCP Q&A). EMA provides guidance in forms of questions and answers on GCP, as discussed and agreed by the GCP Inspectors [...]

BVMed and SNITEM: Overcoming the MDR implementation bottleneck

2023-03-29T14:01:53+00:00March 24th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The BVMed - German Medical Technology Association and SNITEM - the French National union of the medical technology industry are launching a Franco-German initiative for Medical Device Regulation. In a joint statement, they call for three important points and [...]

Swiss Single Registration Number – CHRN

2024-02-29T14:19:54+00:00March 8th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, Regulatory, Switzerland|Tags: , , , , , |

The Swiss Single Registration Number (CHRN) is assigned by Swissmedic based on the Medical Device Ordinance (MedDO; SR 812.213). It is assigned to Swiss manufacturers, authorised representatives or importers and serves to uniquely identify them. Meditrial successfully represents many [...]

Swiss Medical Device Database is Under Construction

2024-02-29T14:19:37+00:00March 4th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, Regulatory, Switzerland|Tags: , , , , , |

Swissmedic is in the process of developing a new database for registering economic operators and medical devices. Due to the continuing aim of equivalence between regulation in Switzerland and the EU, the medical devices database will be similar to EUDAMED. [...]

Handover of Expert Panels to EMA

2023-03-29T14:04:04+00:00March 3rd, 2022|Categories: Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Now, the European Medicines Agency has control of the Expert Panels on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices. On 1 March, the coordination Secretariat of the Commission’s expert panels on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices has been [...]

US: FDA guidance on Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Appeals Processes

2024-02-29T16:44:37+00:00March 3rd, 2022|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, FDA, Regulatory, USA|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The FDA published a guidance on Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Appeals Processes. The document describes the processes available to external stakeholders to request additional review of CDRH employees’ decisions or actions. It is intended only to [...]

New MDCG guidance 2022-4

2023-03-29T14:05:32+00:00February 17th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The new MDCG guidance 2022-4 has been published. It clarifies how Notified Bodies shall perform surveillance of legacy devices during the transition period defined in MDR Article 120. The document provides guidance for surveillance activities according to four different [...]

New Guidance: MDCG 2022-3 Verification by Notified Bodies

2023-03-29T14:06:17+00:00February 16th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

In accordance with the conformity assessment procedures (described in Article 48 of IVDR), in addition to quality management system and technical documentation assessments, notified bodies are required to verify product batches of class D IVDs in line with Annexes [...]

US: The FDA has finalized guidance on the use of premarket pathways for combination products

2024-02-29T17:17:22+00:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, FDA, Regulatory, USA|

The FDA has finalized guidance on the use of premarket pathways for combination products. The document defines combination products, the coordination between the FDA and sponsors, and recommendations on how to determine the types of premarket submissions for a [...]

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