The great misunderstanding of EU MDR amendments

Since March 2023 an extension for EU MDR and IVDR was voted by the EU Commission. This podcast episode will remind you the latest news and also answer some frequently asked questions from people. As you may see on the title there are some great misunderstandings, and the objective of today is to clear that out.  

For that I have with me Florian Tolkmitt from Pro-Liance and we will try to give you the best content on EU MDR extension. 

Who is Florian Tolkmitt? 

Florian Tolkmitt is co-founder and CEO of PRO-LIANCE, a consultancy supporting medical device manufacturers with regulatory affairs, clinical affairs and quality management. PRO-LIANCE is based in Germany and serves customers. Florians favorite topics include clinical evaluation, post-market surveillance and risk management and he is also assistant professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Luebeck, Germany, where he teaches Clinical Evaluation to Master students. Apart from that he is the chair of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society Chapter in Germany and loves to network and bring the Regulatory Affairs and Quality Community closer together. Last but not least, Florian has a strong interest in Digitalization and is a founding member of the Medical Device Knowledge Unit initiative, that works on an open-source data model for Technical Documentation.  

Who is Monir El Azzouzi? 

Monir El Azzouzi is the founder and CEO of Easy Medical Device a Consulting firm that is supporting Medical Device manufacturers for any Quality and Regulatory affairs activities all over the world. Monir can help you to create your Quality Management System, Technical Documentation or he can also take care of your Clinical Evaluation, Clinical Investigation through his team or partners. Easy Medical Device can also become your Authorized Representative and Independent Importer Service provider for EU, UK and Switzerland. 

Monir has around 16 years of experience within the Medical Device industry working for small businesses and also big corporate companies. He has now supported around 100 clients to remain compliant on the market. His passion to the Medical Device filed pushed him to create educative contents like, blog, podcast, YouTube videos, LinkedIn Lives where he invites guests who are sharing educative information to his audience. Visit easymedicaldevice.com to know more. 

Link: 

EU MDR extension: https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-03/mdr_proposal_extension-q-n-a_0.pdf 

Team NB Notified Body confirmation letter: https://www.team-nb.org/wp-content/uploads/members/M2023/Team-NB-PositionPaper-NB-ConfirmationLetterEU2023-607-20230503.docx 

Florian Tolkmitt Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/floriantolkmitt/ 

Pro-Liance company Site: https://pro-liance.com/ 

EU 2023/607: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R0607 Podcast episode EU extension with Erik Vollebregt: https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/211-2/ 

LinkedIn Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pro-liance/

Social Media to follow:

Monir El Azzouzi Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/melazzouzi

Twitter: https://twitter.com/elazzouzim

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/easymedicaldevice

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