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 […]
The European Article 29 Working Party has just released its opinion 02-2013 on apps on smart devices. This detailed opinion provides very useful and detailed guidance for companies developing and distributing healthcare apps in the EU, as well as manufacturers of mobile operating systems and devices that run apps. Finally, there is also guidance for […]
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 […]
Sweden is a lovely and industrious country that takes engineering very seriously; the small Scandinavian country that we know from its boxy but good cars also builds its own fighter jets (pretty good ones actually) and is determined to put its mark on the regulation of standalone software under EU medical devices law. The Swedish competent […]
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 […]
Last week the Commission launched its new eHealth Plan (EHAP). It was announced under the header “Putting patients in the driving seat: A digital future for healthcare”. A nice rundown of the relevant documents is here and a good summary by MedTech Europe (Eucomed and EDMA) is here. Then there is the convenient overview and […]
I read an interesting article in the Economist’s Technology Quarterly of June 2nd-8th of 2012, p. 17-18, on open source medical devices software. Let me summarise for you: the article starts by showing all the benefits of medical devices software that is developed using open source models, and there are many. For example, security of […]