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A unique device identification (UDI) system for medical devices is essential in identifying them wherever they are in the healthcare supply chain. In fact, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Commission and other regulators have made patient safety a strategic priority by developing legislation for UDI. And in addition, manufacturers also need to comply with the …
Last week at the Q1 Productions 8th Annual Medical Device & Diagnostic Labeling Conference, delegates from medical device manufacturers, notified bodies, legal firms and solution providers came together to discuss the latest developments in medical device labeling including integration of new labeling requirements like EU MDR / IVDR, achieving UDI barcode quality, direct marking challenges and label creation and delivery …
Last month, NiceLabel joined members of the FDA and medical device manufacturers from across the country at the 2018 UDI Conference. As with past years, there was a focus on the many benefits of UDI – from reducing medical errors to improving purchasing and supply chain efficiency, however this year there was an added focus on global UDI-related activity. The …
A recent Emergo blog summarized a workshop held by the European Commission earlier this month where it was revealed that most markets worldwide will have a system for Unique Device Identification (UDI) within the next five years. Based on the presentations by the various medical device authorities, the current thinking is that it will be possible to use a single …
2020 is a year etched into the minds of many medical device manufacturers (MDMs). Not only does the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) UDI compliance date for Class I and non-classified devices fall in that year, it’s also the year the recently approved European medical device regulations (MDR) go into effect. These impending deadlines have MDMs taking a …
Last week, medical device manufacturers from across the U.S. came together to discuss the constantly changing world of labeling at Q1 Productions’ 6th Semi-Annual Medical Device Packaging and Labeling Summit. While abiding by FDA labeling requirements presents ongoing challenges for these companies, topics like localization and translation also dominated much of the agenda. This group is always candid and open …
On April 5th Europe finally adopted the MDR and IVDR after a vote at the European Parliament. This was the last step in the European Union’s long process of overhauling medical device and IVD regulation. The new regulations on medical and in-vitro diagnostic medical devices will help to ensure that all medical devices – from heart valves to sticking plasters …
Last month, the UDI deadline for Class II devices came and went and many medical device manufacturers breathed a collective sigh of relief. Others are taking advantage of the extension for convenience kits and repackaged single-use devices, or still working to get their labeling and data organized for GUDID submission. Last week, at the Medical Device Labeling Conference in Phoenix, …
On September 6, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an extension letter to device labelers, extending the UDI compliance date to September 24, 2018 for certain Class II devices. The devices impacted by the UDI compliance date extension are classified as: Convenience kits Repackaged single-use devices The letter also clarified that the compliance date for biologic and …
The medical device directives are currently being revised by the EU’s institutions in a process that began in 2008. This revision has the following objectives: To ensure a consistently high level of health and safety protection for EU citizens using these products To maintain the free and fair trade of the products throughout the EU To adapt legislation to the …
