22 Apr, 2024 Portugal implements Regulation (EU) 2017/745, on Medical Devices By Inês Santana Metello Mariana Ricardo It has been just over three years since the respective notification procedure to the European Commission (reported here), the Portuguese...
19 Feb, 2024 FDA’s new Quality Management System Regulation is here: Key takeaways for device companies in US, EU, and China By Bethany Hills Christopher Mikson Perham Gorji Jae Kim Adam Donat Marco de Morpurgo Ting Xiao +4 more... Show less On January 21, 2024, the FDA issued a final rule amending its Quality System (QS) regulations under 21 CFR Part 820, which addresses...
13 Sep, 2023 AI Governance: Balancing Policy, Compliance and Commercial Value By Gareth Stokes This week our specialist AI team launched a fantastic new report on AI Governance. The report is based on an original survey of 600...
12 Apr, 2023 The New Italian Public Contracts Code By Giorgia Romitelli Roberta Moffa Anna Mazzoncini Riccardo Scioscia +1 more... Show less As of March 28, The Italian Council of Ministers have approved the new Public Contracts Code. The Legislative Decree No. 36 of March 31,...
11 Apr, 2023 Italy modifies medical device payback system for 2015-2018: Companies have to make quick and important choices By Giorgia Romitelli Giovanni Iaselli Roberta Moffa With Law Decree no. 34/2023, the Italian government has approved significant changes to the Italian medical devices payback system for...
03 Apr, 2023 New Guidance from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on the Intended Purpose Statement for Medical Device Software By Poppy Williams As part of the MHRA’s Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme, the MHRA has recently published guidance on crafting an...
20 Mar, 2023 Extended transition period gives medical device industry extra time to comply with EU MDR By Marco de Morpurgo Nicola Landolfi A much-awaited extension of the MDR transition period became effective today with the publication of Regulation (EU) 2023/607 in the...
25 Oct, 2022 Your clinical decision support software may now be regulated by FDA as a medical device: 4 key takeaways from FDA’s webinar on the Final CDS Guidance By Keo Shaw Bethany Hills Danny Tobey In the wake of FDA’s long-awaited final guidance for the regulation of Clinical Decision Support Software, many software developers and...
19 Oct, 2022 EU Pharma & Medical Device Regulation 2023 By Marco de Morpurgo Nicola Landolfi Our EU Life Sciences Regulatory team led by Marco de Morpurgo and Nicola Landolfi have produced a guide on EU Pharma & Medical Device...
06 Oct, 2022 New IFPMA/EFPIA guidance on social media and digital channels By Marco de Morpurgo Carlotta Busani The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical...
30 Sep, 2022 Anvisa’s new rules on the regulation of medical devices - Brazil By Bruna Rocha Juliana Marcondes Victoria Cristofaro As previously shared when the new regulatory framework for software as a medical device (“SaMDs”) was presented earlier this year (here),...
20 Sep, 2022 Italian adapts national medical device framework to MDR and IVDR By Marco de Morpurgo Carlotta Busani Italy enacted legislation to adapt the national framework governing medical devices and in vitro-diagnostic medical devices to the MDR...
12 Jul, 2022 European Commission adopts additional rules for the application of In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation By Mariana Ricardo The European Commission recently adopted two new regulations laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, as...
25 Apr, 2022 Poland: new medical devices law By Amelia Prawda Jolanta Dabrowicz On 7 April 2022, the Parliament passed the Act of 7 April 2022 on Medical Devices (the "Act"). It was signed by the President on 20...
07 Mar, 2022 HealthTech - Shifting Landscapes Series (Part 1): Overview By Hannah Gardiner HealthTech: Trends and Challenges In a recent internal webinar, DLA Piper and Global Data looked into the shifting landscape of...
04 Mar, 2022 The beginning of the end: FDA details roadmap to terminating COVID-19 EUAs and enforcement policies for medical devices, PPE By Melissa Gilmore In late February, 2022 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hosted a webinar detailing its current transition plans for medical...