With the end of the political year in Brussels in sight I though it would be a good idea to give you an update on process (if you can call it that) in the trilogue for the MDR and IVDR. Work on implementation by delegated and implementing acts Let’s start with the good news: a […]
The trilogue has been quietly progressing, with a view to being concluded for this Presidency at the EPSCO meeting of the Council on 8 December after a final trilogue meeting planned on 3 December. That is, for this Presidency (the Luxemburg one). If the Commission, Parliament and Commission do not manage to reach consensus on everything, the […]
In March 2014 Gert Bos (Head of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs at notified body BSI) and I wrote a white paper on the new EU medical devices and IVD regulations in the legislative procedure. It was well received and as the legislative procedure for the regulations progressed there has been an increasing demand for update of the […]
White smoke again! After a long summer following the partial general approach on 19 June in which there was not much to report the Council now reached a general approach on the MDD and IVDR on 5 October, endorsing its negotiating position on the medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices draft Regulations. The […]
Yes we can! We have a general approach for both the Medical Devices Regulation and for the IVD Regulation, agreed in the EPSCO Council last Friday. The press release also conveniently bundles all the general approach texts. Although the Council statements by the member states during the meeting left a lot of question marks as to […]