This is a brief overview of the most important points regarding Post Market Surveillance (PMS) and Post-Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF). Post Market Survey (PMS) Definition PMS (Post Market Survey) refers to all activities carried out by manufacturers, in collaboration with other Economic Operators*, to establish and keep up to date a systematic proactive data collection […]
Medical Device
The Borderline Between a Cosmetic Product and a Medical Device One important change in the Medical Device Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (the MDR) is the integration of 6 groups of products in its scope: the “Cosmetic Products” listed in Annex XVI which reads the following: While some products listed are easy to identify, such as “decorative” […]
Medical Devices Categorization in Europe Medical Devices are categorized in the European Union in 4 classes: Class I, Class IIa, Class IIb and Class III. Class I being the lowest risk ones and Class III the highest risk ones. There are also 3 “subclasses” in the Class I category: Class I provided in sterilized condition […]