Category - Recast

26-09-2012medicaldeviceslegal

New EU medical devices regulations proposals out – first impression: nothing unexpected but devil is in the details

Today was a big day with a half hour press conference by Commissioner Dalli (for Twitter summaries see here and here) to festively launch the two much anticipated EU medical devices regulation proposals (one for general medical devices, including active implantables, and one for IVDs). The generalities of the proposals, as you can read in the press release and the Commission’s communication on the subject, are […]

02-07-2012medicaldeviceslegal

Update on Commission reaction to ENVI resolution – no PMA proposal on the table

In my previous post on this topic I wrote that it looked like the Commission had changed tack to propose a pre-market authorisation (PMA) for medical devices after all. It turns out that I had drawn that conclusion prematurely. This post serves to update and correct the picture. As more information became available after the hearing […]

19-06-2012medicaldeviceslegal

It’s official: the ENVI resolution is out in final version – EU Commission changes tack to propose PMA for devices

Some time ago I wrote about the proposed ENVI resolution that the the EU Parliament’s ENVI committee adopted in reaction to the PIP breast implants scandal in the EU. At that time the final text was not out because the EU Parliament still had to vote on it. Now it has and the adopted resolution does […]

27-04-2012medicaldeviceslegal

EU ENVI Parliamentary Committee resolution re Review : “learn the lessons of this fraud” and an FDA internal report

The European Parliament’s ENVI Committee (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) has added to the political pressure on the European Commission that is currently working on the proposal of the Review of the medical devices directives, still scheduled for the end of Q2 2012 as far as I know. At its meeting […]

10-04-2012medicaldeviceslegal

Everything you always wanted to know about stand alone software, but were afraid to ask

I hope you won’t mind me imposing on you with some more self promotion – it’s for your own good as this is about saving you money, both in the short run (if you register before 16 April you pay more than 50% less) and in the long term (well, you know what legal and/or […]

27-03-2012medicaldeviceslegal

The latest on the Recast, Review, Revision of EU medical devices framework

Whenever Ms Minor from DG SANCO speaks at an event, everyone in the medical devices industry listens, hoping for new elements about where the Commission is going with the recast, review or revision of the EU medical devices directives, however you want to call it in the mean time. I believe the term ‘revision’ is […]

19-03-2012medicaldeviceslegal

New EU guidance on medical devices vigilance reporting – more than meets the eye

The ongoing EU MEDDEV bonanza that started this January has produced yet another new document, in this case a new version of the MEDDEV 2.12/1 Medical devices vigilance system, now at revision 7. It is clear that the EU is upping its game on vigilance with the ongoing criticism on the CE system for medical devices, […]