Category - Telemedicine

medicaldeviceslegal

The MDCG cybersecurity guidance – a helpful rush job

It has been some time since the MDCG guidance on cybersecurity for medical devices was released (MDCG 2019-16 December 2019), so everybody has probably had the opportunity to get used to the document by now. While the document is by no means ideal or even flawless (congratulations MDCG on a glaring spelling mistake in the […]

medicaldeviceslegal

Team NB FAQ on EN62304 standard for software lifecycle processes

Many companies developing medical software, especially the smaller app developers, have difficulties applying the EN62304 standard. For that reason a number of experts under the auspices of Team NB started work on an FAQ document shedding more light on how this standard works, as to enable companies to conduct more productive discussions with their notified […]

medicaldeviceslegal

eHealth and mHealth at the DIA Euromeeting

I had the privilege to preside a session about eHealth and mHealth at the DIA Euromeeting in Amsterdam last week, joined by Mr Tapani Piha, Head of Unit for eHealth, Health Technology Assessment and Science of DG SANCO of the European Commission and Mrs Marianne Fournier of Voisin Consulting. In a lively session we took […]

medicaldeviceslegal

Data protection developments: privacy by design – literally

If you’re active in the medical devices industry in Europe you will no doubt have come across EU data protection regulation. It applies to all personal data (including data concerning health) relating to EU citizens that your company processes. As you may know, the EU is presently revising the current directive and has a proposal […]

medicaldeviceslegal

Data protection developments: privacy by design – literally

If you’re active in the medical devices industry in Europe you will no doubt have come across EU data protection regulation. It applies to all personal data (including data concerning health) relating to EU citizens that your company processes. As you may know, the EU is presently revising the current directive and has a proposal […]

medicaldeviceslegal

Data protection developments: privacy by design – literally

If you’re active in the medical devices industry in Europe you will no doubt have come across EU data protection regulation. It applies to all personal data (including data concerning health) relating to EU citizens that your company processes. As you may know, the EU is presently revising the current directive and has a proposal […]

medicaldeviceslegal

Happy New Year – with all those developments

The end of the year is upon us, and I’d like to take the opportunity to wish the readers of this blog all the best for the new year, a new year with lots of exciting developments ahead. This post will not be the usual regulatory and legal analysis of rules, but something more forward […]