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EU moves forward on singlish EU patent

It’s not breaking news anymore, but important anyway as this dossier is moving: the EU Parliament approved going forward with the singlish EU patent (singlish because not all EU member states are…
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How uncontaminated should sterile be? A case about an IVD

Medicaldeviceslegal is proud to report its first sent in medical devices judgment, kindly sent in by James Lawford Davies from the UK life sciences law firm Lawford Davies Denoon. Many thanks James,…
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ISO 14155:2011 is here: revised standards for medical devices clinical trials

ISO 14155, who in medical devices  is not familiar with that standard with respect to clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects? Not that long after the EU had harmonised the…
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EU IP developments relevant to medical devices

There are at least two IP developments going on in the EU presently that are of great importance to the medical devices industry. First, there are the developments toward a single EU…
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New standard for medical technology used at home

Earlier this month the EU published a new notice of standards harmonised under the three medical devices directives. Although this in itself is news, I would like to put the spotlight on…
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Software design for medical devices

I just returned from an interesting conference in Munich about software design for medical devices. I had the privilege to present on legal issues and some regulatory issues related to software and…
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eHealth and clinicians

This post will be more opinionated than usual. Maybe I am overlooking things; if so, readers are welcome to set me straight. I attended a small conference today in the Netherlands about…
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Regulatory considerations typically overlooked in medical devices M&A transactions

It is a typical scenario: an M&A project is underway, gains momentum and before you know it the pressure is on. The deal must close in time! And then some regulatory points…
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Usability engineering – how to involve users?

With the revision of the EU medical devices directive that entered into force last year stricter requirements on usability engineering have entered into force. The very first essential requirement under that directive…
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