US: FDA launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence

2024-02-29T16:51:55+00:00October 20th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, USA|Tags: , , , , |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently launched the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). "The launch of the Digital Health Center of Excellence is an important step in furthering the [...]

Netherlands: Notifications of clinical investigations with medical devices to CCMO as of the 1st of October

2024-02-29T13:56:00+00:00October 9th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Europe, MDR, Regulatory|Tags: , , , |

From the 1st of October 2020, manufacturers of medical devices must register clinical investigations with the Dutch Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO). The Committee will take over the tasks of the Healthcare and Youth Inspectorate (IGJ) [...]

EU: EMA supports digital health technologies in clinical trials

2020-09-30T14:06:33+00:00September 30th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Europe, Innovation, Software|Tags: , , , , |

Digital health technologies  are becoming increasingly relevant for the conduct of clinical trials. As a demonstration, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) recently established an Innovation Task Force, "a multidisciplinary group that includes scientific, regulatory and legal competences [...] to provide [...]

Canada: Health Canada releases guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic

2024-02-01T16:41:27+00:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Regulatory|Tags: , , , |

Health Canada published two guidance documents aimed at improving clinical trials for medical devices and medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic. New trialsTo reduce regulatory burden, Health Canada has developed a new regulatory pathway, the interim order for clinical trials for medical [...]

US: FDA updates the guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic

2024-02-29T17:09:11+00:00September 29th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, Regulatory, USA|Tags: , , , , |

FDA provided an update to the guidance on the conduct of clinical trials during COVID-19 pandemic. The update aims at providing "general considerations to assist sponsors in assuring the safety of trial participants, maintaining compliance with good clinical practice [...]

US: FDA issues guidance on ISO 10993-1 for the biological evaluation of medical devices

2024-02-29T16:50:47+00:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Regulatory, USA|Tags: , , |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance document on the use of ISO 10993-1 in the assessment of medical devices that come in direct or indirect contact with the human body. The standard is recognized [...]

US: FDA “green lights” the path for ePRO through regulation

2024-02-29T16:38:59+00:00September 3rd, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Regulatory, Software, USA|Tags: , , , , |

The FDA issued a guidance for the selection of patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments in clinical evaluation of their products. The guidance details such topics as modification or adaptation of existing PRO instruments as well as the possibility of including [...]

US: FDA provides specific performance criteria for cutaneous electrodes and some catheters

2024-02-29T16:58:13+00:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, USA|Tags: , , |

The FDA issued the first two device-specific guidances drawing performance criteria to support 510(k) clearance via the new pathway. The FDA had previously proposed an alternate safety and performance based pathway for certain well-understood medical devices. The two final [...]

UK: MHRA plans to restart on-site inspections as of September 2020

2024-02-29T16:01:48+00:00August 14th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Covid-19, UK|Tags: , , , |

MHRA issued a guidance including the plan to resume on-site inspections next September and scale up to full on-site inspection program in October 2020. Onsite inspections in the UK halted in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you [...]

US: The FDA answers device´s importers questions during COVID-19

2024-02-29T17:10:45+00:00August 13th, 2020|Categories: Clinical Trial, Compliance, Covid-19, USA|Tags: , , , |

The Food and Drug Administration has published two new webpages with instructions on medical device importation, registration and listing amid  COVID-19. Meditrial is there to help! - Reach out to us for any kind of assistance in regard of [...]

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