As the European Union’s (EU) Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation (IVDR) continue to evolve, one requirement is getting a lot of attention – the person responsible for regulatory compliance (PRRC). This individual (or...
Introduction One of the most challenging elements of risk analysis is the assignment of Harms and Severities to a particular hazardous situation. On the surface, describing the consequences of the sequence of actions that lead to exposure to a hazard seems pretty...
On July 15, 2020, FDA released a guidance regarding electronic submissions for medical devices as well as the FDA’s plans for implementing section 745A(b)(3) of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA). The FDA has stated that additional details will be laid out in...
The FDA has published the final version of a guidance document it initially issued in March 2019 entitled “Review and Update of Device Establishment Inspection Processes and Standards.” The document outlines how the agency plans to implement uniform procedures for...
A Pre-Submission (or Q-Submission) is a structured process for developing interactions between medical device manufacturers and FDA about a myriad of topics that ultimately point to future applications for approval or clearance, prior to the IDE, 510(k), PMA, or De...
Since their introduction two decades ago, hydrophilic and hydrophobic coatings on intravascular devices such as catheters, wires, and delivery systems have proven highly popular for decreasing the frictional force when the devices are introduced into the vasculature....
In 2000, the first edition of ISO 14971 was released as the international standard for risk management of medical devices. This year, the ISO technical committee (ISO/TC 210) has been hard at work updating this globally-recognized standard. And while the fundamental...
MEDDEV 2.7.1 and what it means for clinical evaluations and reports If you are a medical device manufacturer planning to sell your devices in Europe, you’re aware by now that there have been significant changes in EU regulations recently that affect how medical...
The area of genetic testing has expanded significantly in recent years with more types of testing becoming available for both clinical and non-clinical applications.
Just wanted to remind you about the documents that are available to download in the Document Repository; please click here to get to the Document Repository. Design Verification Design Verification: This paper explores the use and misuse of Design Verification and how...
EUDAMED is one of the key elements of the European Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and the In-Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulations (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR). The European Database for Medical Devices, or EUDAMED, is intended to store and provide...
White Paper on Transition Plan for Medical Devices that fall within enforcement policies and EUAs issued during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. The FDA has provided their thoughts on 180-day transition plans to get back to standard practices (compliance with the...
With everything from cars to pacemakers now susceptible to cyberattack, questions about how safe our data is have come to the forefront. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the organizations taking these concerns seriously, working to ensure that medical...
