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More movement – new rapporteur for MDR, same for IVDR

Finally things start moving again in EU medical devices regulation dossier: the new rapporteur for the Medical Devices Regulation was appointed, replacing Dagmar Roth-Behrendt. It’s Glenis Willmott The new rapporteur is UK MEP Glenis Willmott, of the S&D group in the European Parliament, who is certainly familiar with health issues as she has served for example as […]

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The genetic testing amendment in the IVDR

The focus of the EU revision of medical devices regulation is fully on the medical devices regulation. The revision of the IVD directive is sort of happening in the background and is not getting the attention that it deserves, especially because the IVD revision is sparking off volatile things. Medical devices definition First, there is […]

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EU Council to meet on Tuesday on MDR and IVDR proposals

This Tuesday morning 10 December the EU Council will meet to discuss the dossier of medical devices and IVDs revision for the last time during the Lithuanian Presidency, from 10:00 to 12:00. It looks like live coverage by video feed is available, but you can also download the coverage afterwards, see the links in this […]

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EP debate on devices revision – largely predictable, some surprise

Today was an interesting day for medical devices in Europe. We had the EU Parliament’s plenary debate on the medical devices and IVD regulation proposals, and the subsequent vote on the highly appropriate or potentially devasting (depending on who you ask for comments) ENVI committee proposals. You can watch the whole debate video here, the […]

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ENVI’s 29 may debate on medical devices

The fog of war that I wrote about with respect to the tsunami of amendments is lifting with the discussion of the amendments in the ENVI committee today. It was a very interesting debate, and I’ll share my impression of it with you. I have grouped what I heard by subjects so it’s easier to […]

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ENVI’s IVD regulation amendments

As promised, here is an analysis of the IVD amendments further to the report provided by rapporteur Liese, with numbers 75-237 and 238-399. Not that as many as the medical devices ones, but still a lot – and no less complex. I won’t repeat all the procedural proposals that are both in the medical devices […]