The European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (EU IVDR) is the European law concerning placing in vitro diagnostic medical devices for human use and their accessories on the market. The IVDR was introduced in May 2017 to improve the safety and efficacy of in vitro...
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) is a part of the Quality Management System that helps ensure products are produced and controlled according to quality requirements. Companies must ensure that all procedures impacting the product’s identity, strength, quality,...
The ISO 15189:2022 is an international standard that specifies the requirements for quality and competence in medical laboratories. The medical laboratory is essential to patient care since decisions on patient treatment are made based on laboratory results. The...
The ISO 13485:2016 is an international regulatory standard that specifies the requirements for Quality Management Systems (QMS) in the medical device industry. A QMS that meets the ISO 13485:2016 requirements demonstrates a commitment to quality and customer...
Let’s imagine that your medical device company, headquartered in Nurnberg, Germany, has designed an innovative and award-winning, extended vision foldable, presbyopia-mitigating, intraocular lens (IOL) for use by patients undergoing cataract surgery. This device will...
The tough part for the medical device industry is that this landscape of regulations is constantly changing, and therefore, intimidating. The European Union’s Medical Device Regulations (EU MDR) which came into effect on 26 May 2021 after a three-year transition...
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