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UDI Implementation Tips and GDSN Data Management
Tracking and Tracing Medical Devices: 4 Ways to Simplify Your UDI and GDSN Data Management Tracking medical devices throughout the healthcare supply chain and delivery system has proven surprisingly difficult around the world. The challenge over the years has been...
Updated Survey Shows Most Are Continuing Preparation for EU EUDAMED
Polls conducted May 20, 2021 Survey ResultsAre you as a medical device manufacturer, in the middle of preparing for the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR)? Many are trying to figure out their response to the European Commission's notice that the EUDAMED launch was...
China NMPA UDI and Device Registration Basics
In China, key regulatory policies originate with the State Council (Executive Branch). At the policy level, regulations for medical devices started in 2016 with a five-year plan. For regulatory compliance, typically there is a registration process, clinical evaluation and regulatory submission requirements.
Saudi Arabia (SFDA) Unique Device Identification Update for Med Device Manufacturers
Background Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued final “Guidance on Requirements for Unique Device Identification (UDI) for Medical Devices” (MDS-G34) (MDS-G34 at HIBCC) in April 2019. The guidance published an update in December 2019 and a third update released...
Fact vs Fiction: UDI in China and Global Data Pools
LexisNexis Reed Tech has been planning and developing connectivity for NMPA for some time. China UDI requires about fifty data attributes. About half of these attributes are already supported by Reed Tech SingleSource™ for Medical Devices. To date, preliminary case scenarios are already in the test development phase. It is anticipated that some business rules will materialize and change between now and the 2020 October UDI submission date.
Reed Tech® Introduces Reed Tech SingleSource™ for Medical Devices Supporting UDI Requirements around the Globe
HORSHAM, Pa., March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. (Reed Tech), a leader in data management and analytic services and solutions for the Life Sciences industry, announces the launch of Reed Tech SingleSource™ for Medical Devices....
UDI Data Security: Why it should be important to you
Data security has three facets—confidentiality, integrity and availability. Device labelers need to keep each of these areas in mind when it comes to managing the UDI data for their device portfolio.
4 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a UDI Issuing Agency
As Implantable, Life-Sustaining and Life Supporting (I/LS/LS) and Class II medical device labelers have complied with the FDA’s final rule on Unique Device Identification (UDI), one of the first major decisions they needed to make: choose a device identifier (DI)...