UDI and Product Data

This page provides blogs, short videos and recordings focused on industry insights for regulatory requirements and best practices to manage medical device product data for established and newly formed Health Authority UDI mandates around the world.

Recent Blogs

Class I UDI Inventory Exception: What You Need to Know about FDA Compliance
Class I UDI Inventory Exception: What You Need to Know about FDA Compliance

In 2013, the FDA granted a UDI exception for 3 years after the corresponding Compliance Date for finished medical devices manufactured and labeled without Unique Device Identification (UDI) as of the Compliance Date, commonly referred to as the 3-Year Inventory UDI Exception or the ‘Final Rule.’ Such devices meeting the criteria could be commercially distributed for 3 years after the corresponding Compliance Date without complying with UDI requirements. At the end of the 3-year period, any undistributed inventory would need to be reprocessed to comply with current UDI requirements, i.e., UDI Label and GUDID reporting.

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