UK Approved Body Capacity Rises But Not For IVDs

Progress for IDAP medtech innovation pilot

While Great Britain is on the cusp of a major program of laying the foundations of its agile, post-EU medtech regulatory system, uncertainty persists over the future role and remit of local CABs.

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With the designation of two more approved bodies by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory products Agency (MHRA), conformity assessment body capacity for issuing UKCA marks in Great Britain now stands at nine bodies.

In late January, LNE-GMED UK Ltd was designated to perform conformity assessment for a range of non-active, non-implantable devices, non-active...

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