Nov 9, 2020
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...
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Nov 9, 2020
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...
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Jul 9, 2020
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...
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Jan 10, 2020
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...
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Sep 25, 2019
North America
The FDA, the regulating authority in the sphere of medical device circulation of the United States, issued guidance providing additional information on new pilot conformity assessment procedures. ASCA: key points The Accreditation Scheme for Conformity Assessment...
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