Post market surveillance in Europe One of the changes in the new European Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745) is the strengthened post market surveillance requirements for medical device manufacturers in order to register their product in the European Union. This requires manufacturers for each medical device to plan, establish, document, implement, and maintain a post…
In January 2013 new Revision 8 of MEDDEV 2.12-1 about vigilance system in Europe was posted on the European commission webpage. The document itself can be found here. We’ll highlight below the changes that occured in the new guidance.
MEDDEV 2.7.1: clinical evaluation New Regulation on Clinical Evaluation One of the changes of the Medical Device Regulation by the European Commission is the compliance with clinical evaluation. This means that a report with an expert opinion of medical professionals about the quality and safety of the medical device will not be sufficient any longer.…
What happened before the EU Medical Device Regulation and In vitro Diagnostic Regulation ? See what changes in EU medical Device Regulation. The existing European regulatory framework originated in the 1990s consists of three directives designed to regulate about 500,000 types of medical devices (e.g. contact lenses, breast implants, x-ray machines, pacemakers) and in-vitro diagnostic…
South Korea regulation changes in 2018 The following regulatory changes are expected in 2018 in the South Korea regulation as published by the MFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety): Main regulatory changes in South Korea regulation Adopt customized licensing system for advanced medical devices – ‘Special Act on Promotion of Advanced Medical Device Development…