MDCG 2022-1 Notice to third country manufacturers of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro diagnostic medical devices

2023-03-29T14:47:07+00:00January 12th, 2022|Categories: Compliance, Covid-19, Europe, Regulatory|Tags: , , , |

The MDCG 2022-1 Notice has been published It is addressed to manufacturers of SARS-CoV-2 IVDs based in a third country and who place or intend to place their in vitro diagnostics on the EU market. It highlights a number of common issues [...]

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 [...]

Canada: Health Canada releases guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic

2024-02-01T16:41:27+00:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Regulatory|Tags: , , , |

Health Canada published two guidance documents aimed at improving clinical trials for medical devices and medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic. New trialsTo reduce regulatory burden, Health Canada has developed a new regulatory pathway, the interim order for clinical trials for medical [...]

US: FDA updates the guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic

2024-02-29T17:09:11+00:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Regulatory, USA|Tags: , , , , |

FDA provided an update to the guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic. The update aims at providing "general considerations to assist sponsors in assuring the safety of trial participants, maintaining compliance with good clinical practice [...]

UK: MHRA plans to restart on-site inspections as of September 2020

2024-02-29T16:01:48+00:00August 14th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, UK|Tags: , , , |

MHRA issued a guidance including the plan to resume on-site inspections next September and scale up to full on-site inspection program in October 2020. Onsite inspections in the UK halted in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you [...]

US: The FDA answers device´s importers questions during COVID-19

2024-02-29T17:10:45+00:00August 13th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Covid-19, USA|Tags: , , , |

The Food and Drug Administration has published two new webpages with instructions on medical device importation, registration and listing amid  COVID-19. Meditrial is there to help! - Reach out to us for any kind of assistance in regard of [...]

US: FDA exempts additional Class II devices from 510(k) requirements

2024-02-29T16:40:22+00:00July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, USA|Tags: , , |

The FDA ordered the exemption five types of Class II medical devices from 510(k) requirements. This decision aims at releaving manufacturers of those devices from some regulatory burden. Meditrial has extensive experience on regulatory matters relating to medical device [...]

US: FDA plans to resume on-site domestic inspections as of 20 July 2020

2024-02-29T16:53:39+00:00July 13th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, USA|Tags: , , , |

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the plan to resume on-site domestic inspections beginning the week of 20 July 2020. The resume process will be different in each state according to local rules and epidemiological situation. Moreovoer, a [...]

EU: Availability and capacity of notified bodies to carry out conformity assessments for COVID-19 related medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

2024-02-02T12:24:26+00:00July 8th, 2020|Categories: Covid-19, Europe|Tags: , , |

The European Commission (EC) conducted a survey in order to quantify lead times for conformity assessment for the various routes by which COVID-19-related medical devices may be placed on the market in the EU and for which notified bodies [...]

The European Commission launched COVID-19 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices and Test Methods Database

2020-07-07T07:57:08+00:00July 7th, 2020|Categories: Compliance, Covid-19, Europe|Tags: , , |

The European Commission launched the JRC COVID-19 In Vitro Diagnostic Devices and Test Methods Database. The objective of this database is to collect in a single place all publicly available information on performance of CE-marked in vitro diagnostic medical devices [...]

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