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Medical Devices & IVD

Medical Devices & IVD

Class I to III devices, combination products and in vitro diagnostics, under EU MDR, IVDR and 21 CFR Part 820.

The problem

The regulations changed. Most technical files did not.

EU MDR and IVDR replaced the old directives with far deeper requirements for clinical evidence, post-market surveillance and technical documentation. Enforcement tightened across Europe, and notified body capacity did not expand to match. A file that cleared under the directives is not a file that clears now.

Many manufacturers responded by treating it as a documentation exercise: reformat, add a section, resubmit. That works for the easy findings and fails on the hard one, which is almost always clinical evidence that was adequate for the old regime and is thin under the new one.

The honest starting position is that your file is further from compliant than it looks. A structured gap assessment tells you how far in specific terms, and turns a vague anxiety into a costed plan with owners and dates.

Talk to a specialist

Tell us the problem. A specialist replies, not a form robot.

What we do

What we are asked for most.

01

Design controls

DHF, DMR and DHR support, plus design transfer into manufacturing.

What that means for you

  • Traceability from user need to verification
  • Transfer documented well enough to reproduce
  • Gaps found before an inspector finds them
02

Risk management

ISO 14971 files that connect hazard analysis to real design decisions.

What that means for you

  • Risk files that reflect the actual design
  • Benefit-risk argued rather than asserted
  • Post-market data fed back into the file
03

EU MDR and IVDR

Gap assessment through remediation to notified body readiness.

What that means for you

  • Findings ranked by risk with owners and dates
  • Remediation staffed, not just recommended
  • Mock review before submission
04

510(k) and PMA

Submission strategy and authoring for the US market.

What that means for you

  • Predicate strategy argued properly
  • US and EU routes kept consistent
  • Responses drafted by the original authors
05

Quality engineering

CAPA, complaints, non-conformance and supplier quality resource.

What that means for you

  • Investigations closed to effectiveness
  • Complaint reportability decisions documented
  • Supplier quality that survives an audit trail
06

CQV and validation

IQ, OQ and PQ for facility, equipment and software.

What that means for you

  • Risk-based test effort
  • Documentation complete ahead of schedule where possible
  • Software validation under Part 11 expectations

2

Regulatory routes run in parallel without contradicting each other

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Questions

Questions we get asked before the first call.

How long does an EU MDR gap assessment take?

Two to four weeks for a single device family, through to a costed remediation plan. Portfolios take longer and we would rather stage them by risk than quote one date for everything.

Our notified body has raised questions. Can you respond?

Yes. Response drafting is a large part of this work, and it goes better when the people answering understand why the original claim was made. Where we did not write the file, we read it properly first.

Do you handle IVDs as well as devices?

Yes. IVDR brought a much larger share of diagnostics into higher risk classes, and many manufacturers were self-certifying before. If that is you, the gap is bigger than for a device maker and worth assessing early.

Can you support combination products?

Yes, and it is where our pharma and device sides both matter. The common failure is two teams running two frameworks without a shared view of which one governs.

What if we need people rather than a project?

Then we place them. Quality engineers, CAPA specialists, CQV engineers and regulatory writers are among the roles we recruit most, and the same team screens them.

Related

Where to go next.

EU MDR & IVDR

The transition in detail and what it means for legacy devices.

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Quality & Validation

The quality system your technical file sits on.

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Regulatory

510(k), PMA and European routes.

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