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"Swedish Document" reloaded – a new boost for medical devices standalone software regulation

Sweden is a lovely and industrious country that takes engineering very seriously; the small Scandinavian country that we know from its boxy but good cars also builds its own fighter jetsĀ (pretty good…
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"E" is for economic operator – you know: the MAID

In the series of articles on this blog discussing parts of the proposed EU medical devices and IVD regulations I am taking a look now at economic operators, or as Maurizio Suppo…
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Axon Seminar Novel Food & Health Claims 31 January 2013

This seminar addressed the legal and regulatory developments relevant to bringing novel food products to the market. Speakers and their presentations: Roger van Hoesel, Start Life Future of Food Karin Verzijden, Axon…
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EU Data protection developments: privacy by design – literally, may impact your design

If you’re active in the medical devices industry in Europe you will no doubt have come across EU data protection regulation. It applies to all personal data (including data concerning health) relating…
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Happy New Year – with all those developments

The end of the year is upon us, and I’d like to take the opportunity to wish the readers of this blog all the best for the new year, a new year…
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The new Commission eHealth Action Plan, and some thoughts on what it will mean for devices

Last week the Commission launched its new eHealth Plan (EHAP). It was announced under the header “Putting patients in the driving seat: A digital future for healthcare”. A nice rundown of the…
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A medical device is medical – but what does that mean?

Last week the EU Court decided Brain Products / BioSemi, one of the pending borderline cases involving demarcation between medical devices and ‘general stuff’. This case is interesting and important because it…
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Axon Seminar Medical Devices Wednesday 14 November 2012

The seminar addresses the changes in the new medical devices regulation compared to current legislation. Speakers and their presentations: Sabine Hoekstra-Van den Bosch, Philips Healthcare Recast of Medical Device Directives Luc Sterkman,…
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"U" is for unannounced audits – what's up with those?

I visited the RAPS Regulatory Convergence conference in Seattle, which provides for a very nice opportunity to catch up with the European medical devices crowd that had gathered in numbers to explain…
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