In December 2025 the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) published a guidance introducing the EU Breakthrough Devices framework, supportin...
Annex IX 2.4 – A logical approach
When does a change become “substantial” under the MDR/IVDR—and when must your Notified Body be informed? MDSS is seeing a rising number of quest...
Upcoming TGA Unique Device Identification (UDI) Requirements
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is implementing Unique Device Identification (UDI) requirements for medical devices sup...
Goodbye DMIDS, Hello EUDAMED!
Germany switches fully to EUDAMED The German authority BfArM has announced that EUDAMED will replace all national device notifications in Germa...
Navigating the New MDSAP Audit Approach (v.10)
The landscape of global medical device compliance officially shifted on February 2, 2026. With the U.S. FDA’s Quality Management System Regul...
Newsflash – Recently Harmonized Standards
Recently, twelve standards were added to the list of harmonized standards under the EU MDR (Regulation (EU) 2017/745). The list of standards, p...
UK MHRA Proposes Indefinite Recognition for CE-Marked Devices
The UK’s regulatory landscape for medical devices just took a major leap toward long-term certainty. On 16 February 2026, the MHRA released a...
The New Era of FDA Inspections
As of February 2, 2026, the landscape for medical device manufacturing has officially shifted. The FDA has fully implemented the Quality Manage...
EUDAMED user guide – UDI Devices
The European Commission has published a new EUDAMED User Guide – UDI Devices (Production v2.22.0 – 2026), providing comprehensive and...
New MIR form – mandatory as from 1st May 2026
The European Commission has confirmed that the updated Manufacturer Incident Report (MIR) form version 7.3.1 will become mandatory from 1st May...
