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In the mean time… joint immediate action plan, unannounced audits and other things over the summer

While everybody is focusing on the legislative process in the ENVI committee and (to a limited extent) on what the Council is doing, significant other developments are playing in the background. Joint…
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ENVI IVD Regulation proposal vote postponed as well

So far it may have looked like the IVD regulation proposal would be put to a vote in the ENVI committee on 10 July because unlike the explicit movement of the date…
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Smarter rules for safer food: draft regulation on official controls

On the 6th May 2013, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a draft regulation on official controls and other official activities performed which aims to strengthen the enforcement of health and…
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ENVI vote on medical devices regulation proposal postponed until September

Here’s some EU legislative procedure fun: do you know the joke about the European Parliament committee that was going to compromise to have an unproblematic vote? – It didn’t! Well, that was…
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IMDRF invites comments on standalone software key definitions

As announced, the IMDRF is on the case for software, which shows how important this subject is becoming in the medical devices field. I  notice this everyday in my medical devices practice,…
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EU member states show some of their cards on medical devices revision

The EU member states have so far been the dark horse in the discussions surrounding the revision of the EU medical devices directives, keeping their cards close to their chest and not…
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FDA's draft guidance on cybersecurity: nothing exciting but useful examples

These days I am more and more involved in medical devices software matters: interesting questions about modularisation, whether or not EHRs are medical devices in Europe and negotiation of systems integration agreements…
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Axon Seminar IP Update 12 June 2013

This seminar discussed the Unitary Patent, the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC’s) and the significance of patents. Speakers and their presentations: Karin Verzijden & Annemieke Kooy, Axon Lawyers Unitary Patent System and SPC’s…
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Euro update and Don't Lose The SME

While the medical devices and IVD regulation proposals trickle through the legislative process and people concentrate on details like I have done on this blog as well, it might be nice to…
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