Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) were set up in April 2003 from a merger of the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency. The MHRA are the government agency, who are responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe. The MHRA are an executive agency of the Department of Health for the UK.
The MHRA regulate a wide range of materials from medicines and medical devices to blood and therapeutic products/services that are derived from tissue engineering.
The MHRA are responsible for regulating the UK medical devices market.
The MHRA Medical Device regulatory requirements include:
- UKCA
- ISO 27001 Information Security
- ISO 13485, IEC 60601 & IEC 62304
- Managing Medical Devices Jan 2021
- Directive 93/42/EEC on medical Devices (EU MDD)
- Management of In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Jan 2021
- Management and use of IVD Point-of-Care Test Devices Jan 2021
- Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic Medical Devices (EU IVDD)
- Directive 90/385/EEC on active implantable Medical Devices (EU AIMDD)
Since leaving the EU, the MHRA are developing a robust, world-leading regulatory regime for medical devices that prioritises patient safety. This will take into consideration international standards and global harmonisation in the development of our future system.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA)
The European regulatory framework ensures the safety and efficacy of medical devices and facilitates patients’ access to devices in the European market.
Medical devices within the EU are currently regulated by three Directives:
- Council Directive 93/42/EEC on Medical Devices (MDD) (1993)
- Council Directive 90/385/EEC on Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMDD) (1990)
- Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDMD)
To keep up with advances in science and technology, two new Regulations are replacing the three existing Directives in the coming years.
The new regulations for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices establish a modernised and more robust EU legislative framework to ensure better protection of public health and patient safety are adopted.
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