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The  International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) has been really busy of late, which is a good thing as many in the medical device industry are still wondering if the IMDRF will live up to the “Big Shoes” that the GHTF left behind when it was decommissioned in the last. In another post I will [...]

This post is based on the Impact of the Draft report on the EU MDD proposed regulations and comes from posts, opinion pieces and stories from MedTech Europe, Eucomed & Erik Vollebregt (medicaldeviceslegal.com) If you are reading this post my guess is you already know the proposed MDD regulations are contentious and that there is some [...]

This blog post is thx to our associate Christine Ruther and a special thx goes out to Helene Spencer. MEDDEV 2.12-1 Guidelines on a Medical Devices Vigilance System was updated in January 2013.  The revised guidance is applicable as of July 2013.   The revision contains clarifications rather than significant changes.

18 April 2013 – The NB-MED EN62304:2006 issues team released their first official version (V1.0) dated 5 April 2013 of this importnat implementation document in regards to EN 62304 with respect to the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC on the NB-MED website.  EN 62304 is the standard for MEDICAL DEVICE software – Software life-cycle processes. The document is [...]

A new LinkedIn group has been formed thx to the support of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)*.  The group name is the IEC 60601 series of standards on Medical Electrical Equipment.  This group is not just about the 3rd edition of IEC 60601-1 but about the whole series of IEC 60601 series of standards and [...]