Following up on its announcement in the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) Meeting, the European Commission (Commission) released on January 6, 2023, a proposal (Proposal) to amend the...more
In Part 6 of our series of consecutive articles on the reformed regulatory framework under the EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (“MDR”), which will govern medical devices software (“MDSW”) in the EU, we turn to the...more
On Friday, March 26, 2021, over 180 attendees worldwide attended McKinsey & Company’s first Global HealthTech CEO Connect of 2021. The discussion focused on regulatory and legal considerations for software as a medical device...more
4/12/2021
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Data Transfers ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) ,
Medical Device Reports (MDRs) ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Directives ,
Popular ,
Software
The preceding articles of this series laid out how the new EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (“MDR”) leads to a broader coverage of medical devices and an overall deeper level of regulation in areas already regulated...more
After having dealt with the issue when software may be considered a medical device according to its intended purpose (in part 2) and the implications of the new risk classification regime (in part 3), in this part 4 of our...more
3/11/2021
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Clinical Evaluations ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Documentation ,
EU ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Device Reports (MDRs) ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Safety Reports ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
Surveillance
Having shed light on the relevance of the intended purpose of a medical device when determining whether software qualifies as medical devices software (“MDSW”) under the new EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (“MDR”) in...more
2/25/2021
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Diagnostic Method ,
EU ,
International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Device Reports (MDRs) ,
Medical Devices ,
Mobile Apps ,
Software ,
Software Developers ,
Therapeutic Services