One of the biggest changes brought about by the new regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostics, Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR) respectively, is the creation of a European medical device database (EUDAMED). EUDAMED will...
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Recent changes in the biological evaluation of your products : State of play
The normative environment for the biological evaluation of medical devices has changed significantly in recent years. The 2018 version of ISO 10993-1: Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process has led to...
Less than 16 months before IVDR date of application, have you gotten a head start ? It’s time to get moving !
The new in vitro Diagnostic Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR) which replaces the IVD Directive (98/79/EC), entered into force on May 25th 2017, and will enter into legal application by 26 May 2022 after a 5-yeartransition period. Team-NB published a consideration...
Commission Notice regarding temporary extraordinary measures, including remote audits
Given the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 epidemic, the European Commission published a Notice on 11/01/2021 that temporarily allows notified bodies to perform remote conformity assessments of manufacturers QMS under the MDR/IVDR. Certain conditions...
MDCG 2020-17 : Questions and Answers related to MDCG 2020-4 – December 2020
Theme COVID-19 - Audit Target Audience Notified Bodies, Manufacturers, Subcontractors Products concerned MD, IVD Documents mentioned MDCG 2020-4 : Guidance on temporary extraordinary measures related to medical device notified body audits during COVID-19 quarantine...
MDCG 2020-18 : MDCG Position Paper on UDI assignment for Spectacle lenses & Ready readers – December 2020
Theme UDI - EUDAMED Target Audience Manufacturers Products concerned Spectacle lenses and ready readers Documents mentioned MDR (EU) 2017/745 Article 10(7) Chapter III : Article 27, Article 27(3), Article 29, Article 31 Annex VI In this document, the Medical...
MDCG 2020-16 Rev. 3 – Guidance on Classification Rules for in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices under Regulation (EU) 2017/746 – Juillet 2024
Theme Classification Target audience Manufacturers, Notified Bodies (NB) Products concerned IVD Regulatory references IVDR (EU) 2017/746 Annex VIII This MDCG document is a real mine of information for interpreting the classification rules of the IVD...
MDCG 2020-15: MDCG Position Paper on the use of the EUDAMED actor registration module and of the Single Registration Number (SRN) in the Member states – August 2020.
Theme EUDAMED Target audience Manufacturers, Importers, Authorised representatives, Persons as referred to in Article 22 (systems and procedure packs) Products concerned MD, IVD Regulatory references MDR (EU) 2017/745 Article 30(1) Article 31(2)...
MDCG 2020-14 : Guidance for notified bodies on the use of MDSAP audit reports in the context of surveillance audits carried out under the MDR/IVDR – August 2020.
Theme Surveillance audits MDR / MDSAP Target audience Notified Bodies (NB) Products concerned MD, IVD Regulatory references MDR (EU) 2017/745 Recital 32 Article 10(9) IVDR (EU) 2017/746 Recital 31 Article 10(8) Documents mentioned MDSAP Audit...
MDCG 2020-13 : Clinical evaluation assessment report template : July 2020.
Theme Clinical evaluation Target audience Notified Bodies Products concerned MD Regulatory references MDR (EU) 2017/745 Article 61 Annex VII section 4.5.5 This document presents a template of a clinical evaluation assessment report (CEAR). This is the report used by...
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