On Monday, March 20, the EU MDR extension approved on March 7 came into effect following its official publication in the Journal of the European Union.
The position paper from the European Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) recommends an extended timeline to allow certain MDD or AIMDD certified legacy devices to come into compliance with MDR.
The European Commission developed the new proposal following a December 9, 2022, meeting of the EPSCO Council, where EU Ministers of Health called on the Commission to swiftly submit a proposal to extend the transition period in the Medical Device…