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Windsor Framework
23Sep 2024
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What Manufacturers and Wholesalers Should Know About MHRA Compliance and the Windsor Framework?

This essential guidance is tailored for manufacturers and wholesale dealers authorized by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It serves as a comprehensive resource for Qualified Persons (QPs), Responsible Persons (RPs), and Responsible Persons for Import (RPis) to effectively implement the Windsor Framework’s new arrangements for human medicines. Key Responsibilities for Marketing Authorization Holders (MAHs) Marketing Authorization Holders must communicate any chan...
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IVDD
16Jul 2024
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EU Publishes New Regulation to Address In Vitro Diagnostic Device (IVDD) Shortages: Key Updates and Recommendations for Manufacturers

On July 9, 2024, Regulation (EU) 2024/1860 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and took effect immediately. This new regulation aims to address the expected shortages of in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) in the EU due to the slower-than-expected transition from the In Vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDD) to the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).  Following the removal of the sell-off provisions in Article 110.4, made official with Regulation (EU) 202...
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13Jul 2024
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Software As a Medical Device and Its Clinical Evaluation

As technology advances across all healthcare fields, Software plays a significant role in all products. It is widely integrated into digital platforms serving both medical and non-medical purposes. Medical device software is one of three types of Software related to medical devices. The other two types of medical device software include Software that is an integral part of the medical device (medical device software) and Software used in manufacturing or maintaining the medical device. Software...
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13Jul 2024
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MDCG Guidance for Manufacturers of Class I Medical Devices

A medical device’s intended use and inherent risks must be considered when determining its MDR classification. Class I devices pose less risk to patients and end users, as under the previous MDD. The new Regulation EU MDR 2017/745 has added extended rules, leading some devices to fall under Class IIa, IIb, or even III.  This document is intended to guide Class I medical device manufacturers (excluding custom-made devices) that sell products bearing their name or trademark on the Union mar...
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12Jul 2024
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Cybersecurity for Medical Devices – FDA and EU MDR Perspective

FDA –Food and Drug Administration The revolution in the digital sector has resulted in the Internet of Things (IoT), Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and other connected devices permeating the healthcare environment, both in hospital and home, has ended up with the possibility of cyberattacks and intrusions against the connected medical devices and the networks to which such a device is connected. Most Medical devices are connected to the Internet, hospita...
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12Jul 2024
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Article 61 Clinical Evaluation in the EU MDR

Article 61 Clinical Evaluation The MDR reinforces the clinical data and evaluation process (article 61 and Annex XIV), and the manufacturer must confirm the device’s conformity to fundamental health and safety requirements using reliable clinical data and evaluation. The clinical evaluation establishes the device’s safety and capacity to fulfil its intended function. It also evaluates adverse side effects and determines whether the benefit-risk ratio is acceptable. Manufacturers must...
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12Jul 2024
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Importance of Human Translations vs Machine Translations

Human translation Human translations produce accurate results because it involves at least one language expert. Translations, with a human touch to them, are precise because of the in-depth knowledge that translators carry Human translations are done by native speakers of a particular language or people certified in language translations . Therefore, it is culturally diverse, nuanced and is of high quality. However, this high-quality product is expensive. Machine translation Machine transla...
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12Jul 2024
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Implant Cards for Europe

The European Union’s Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745) introduces a new requirement for manufacturers producing implant cards for medical devices. As per EU MDR, implantable devices are any devices, other than the active implantable devices, that are partially or completely implanted into the human body or are used to replace an epithelial surface or the surface of the eye, by clinical intervention, and are meant to stay in place after the procedure. The device that is intended to be pa...
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12Jul 2024
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EU Classification of Medical Devices with Examples

EU Classification of Medical Devices Around the world, the definition of medical devices varies. Still, generally, a medical device is any instrument, equipment, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material, or other similar or related product intended by the manufacturer to be used either alone or in combination for various medical purposes. Medical devices range from low-risk products such as thermometers to high-risk devices such as pacemakers. In the European Uni...
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12Jul 2024
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Top 7 Guidance On Class I Medical Devices

The EU MDR 2017/745 imposes more stringent requirements for Class I devices. Under the new regulations, Manufacturers must righty classify a medical device and provide technical documentation following the device class. The risk class under MDD could change under MDR. In some cases, medical devices could be up classified from Class I medical devices to Class II a/b medical devices or Class III medical devices. Please read our article on the classification of medical devices to understa...
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