Brazil – ANVISA announces major medical device registration updates
Brazil’s medical device market regulator, ANVISA announced major updates to its Resolution of the Collegiate Board of Directors (RDC) 185/2001. The changes will serve...
UK – Medical devices: UK approved bodies
UK approved bodies listed under Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No 618, as amended) (UK MDR 2002)...
Europe – UPDATE – MDCG 2020-3 Rev.1 – Guidance on significant changes regarding the...
Article 120(3) of the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR), last amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/607, states that devices which continue to comply with...
USA – FDA classifies slew of class II devices following de novo procedures
Since the last week of 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was classifying nine products as class II devices with...
Europe – Best Practice Guidance for the Submission of Technical Documentation under Annex...
This best practice guidance document has been developed by members of Team NB who have reviewed the best practice guidance documents submitted by individual...
Canada – Amendments to the Medical Devices Regulations to address future public health emergencies
On February 22, 2023, the Regulations Amending the Medical Devices Regulations (Interim Order No. 3 Respecting the Importation and Sale of Medical Devices for Use...
USA – Studies linking recalled 510(k) devices to problematic predicate products are ‘warning shot’...
Two recent studies that link the recall of 510(k)-cleared medical devices to problematic predicate products should serve as a “shot across the bow” for...
USA – The biggest misconception regulatory professionals have about the FDA 510(k) program, according...
The 510(k) program is the most common pathway through which medical devices make their way to market in the US.
For devices that can demonstrate...
Europe – 37 ème organisme notifié au titre du Règlement 2017/745
37 ème organisme notifié au titre du Règlement 2017/745
UK – MHRA’s AI Airlock to address challenges for regulating AI medical devices
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched AI Airlock, a new regulatory sandbox, to address the challenges of regulating medical devices...
