The Medical Devices (Post-market Surveillance Requirements) (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2024 (PMSR), which were passed into law on 22 October 2024, came into force today (16 June 2025), amending the UK’s Medical...more
Our 2025 Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons edition is now live! Explore the latest global insights from the U.S., Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East on the key issues and emerging trends shaping the...more
4/18/2025
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Compliance ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a suite of guidance specifically designed to help medical device manufacturers understand and prepare for the new post-market surveillance (“PMS”)...more
Pharma: Launch of Shortages Monitoring Platform, several Changes re Clinical Trial Management in EU Countries; Devices: Resolution on the need to revise the MDR and IVDR published; Compliance: CSRD still not implemented in...more
On 11 December 2024, the MHRA published a revised roadmap for the long-awaited reforms to the UK Medical Device Regulations 2002 (MDR Roadmap). The updated MDR Roadmap provides additional clarity for industry on the intended...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the five technologies selected to participate in the ‘AI Airlock Pilot’ for AI-powered medical devices.
The pilot is a regulatory “sandbox” for...more
On 12 December 2024 the statutory instrument to amend the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (UK CTR) was laid before Parliament. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA),...more
The MHRA has opened a consultation on proposed future pre-market requirements for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) in Great Britain. The consultation expands on proposals considered in the MHRA’s 2021...more
A draft Statutory Instrument was laid before UK Parliament on 22 October 2024 which, once passed, will introduce new post-market surveillance (PMS) requirements for medical devices and in vitro medical devices (IVDs) in the...more
The Q2/24 Life Science and Health Care Law Update covers key trends in the EU and Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK) in life sciences regulatory, corporate, compliance, competition, and privacy....more
We were pleased to welcome industry leaders to our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons event in Zurich, where co-head of Hogan Lovells Life Sciences and Health Care sector Jane Summerfield, and partners Melissa K. Bianchi,...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA's) has published a Statement of policy intent: international recognition of medical devices outlining its proposal for the International Recognition Procedure...more
On 30 April 2024, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published its strategic approach to AI and the steps it is taking to implement the UK Government's AI White Paper, published in August 2023....more
While economic factors, including the high cost of capital, continue to keep our clients up at night, we also see signs of optimism in 2024. Against this fiscal backdrop, significant recent regulatory changes and those on the...more
The UK Government has recently made available a draft of the Medical Devices (Post-market Surveillance Requirements) (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023 (2023 Regs). Although these are far from being in force yet,...more
Today marks the commencement of the legislation that extends the standstill period for EU CE-marked medical devices to continue to be placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland)....more
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued an update on the timing of the reform of the current UK legislation, the Medical Device Regulations 2002 (UK MDR), and the transitional arrangements...more
The United Kingdom medical devices regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has announced that the upcoming changes to UK medical device legislation will be pushed back from 1 July 2023 to 1...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published its response to its consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom which ran between September and November...more
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ("MHRA") has published new guidance (the "Guidance") on how medical devices will be regulated in Great Britain ("GB") (England, Wales and Scotland) and in Northern...more
9/25/2020
/ Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ,
Member State ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time.
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3/25/2020
/ Adverse Events ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
REMS
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a “global pandemic” and President Trump has declared a national emergency as the impact of the virus on all aspects of daily life continues...more
3/17/2020
/ Biopharmaceutical ,
Biotechnology ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Good Clinical Practices ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
Italy ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ,
Netherlands ,
Public Health ,
Reimbursements ,
Research and Development ,
Supply Chain ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Vaccinations ,
Vendors ,
World Health Organization
At the end of last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) upgraded the global risk assessment of the novel coronavirus to "very high." This comes shortly after the United Kingdom saw its first fatality as a result of...more
3/3/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Distribution ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Risk Assessment ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
We are pleased to provide you with the third annual installment of our Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons guide. For each of these guides, we have asked our industry thought leaders throughout the world to write about...more
2/26/2020
/ 3D Printing ,
AIDS ,
Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
Blockchain ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Digital Health ,
Drug Distribution ,
Drug Pricing ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Technology ,
HIV ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Device Data System ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Software ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Research and Development ,
Right to Try ,
Robotics ,
Supply Chain ,
Telehealth
Digital health offers huge potential for improving care and alleviating the increasing burden on our over-stretched healthcare systems. However, its uptake remains slow and varies significantly across the EU....more
11/25/2019
/ 21st Century Cures Act ,
Data Management ,
Data Security ,
Digital Health ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Information Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry