Australia and Oceania
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA or the Agency), the Australian regulating authority in the sphere of medical devices and other healthcare products, has published a guidance document dedicated to the use of market authorization evidence from comparable...
FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US regulating authority in the sphere of medical devices, has published final guidance dedicated to the Accreditation Scheme for Conformity Assessment (ASCA) Pilot Program, a voluntary pathway simplify the approach to be...
Asia
The Medical Device Authority (MDA), the department of the Ministry of Health Malaysia responsible for medical device regulations, has published guidance dedicated to the registration of conformity assessment bodies (CABs). The document consists of two parts: general...
COVID-19
The European Commission (EC), the European body responsible for medical device regulation, published a summary dedicated to the availability and capacity of notified bodies to perform the conformity assessment of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices...
EU MDR/IVDR
The new medical device regulations 745/2017 (MDR) and 746/2017 (IVDR) have introduced an entirely new assessment procedure. This is a crucial process and should be carried out by Notified Bodies. Notified Bodies: Legal Status The new framework introduced by these...
