Medtech Insight

UK All-Party Report Assesses Brexit Medtech Impact While Germany Worries Over Border Delays

By Ashley Yeo 27 Jan 2021

Government and industry in the UK are determined to make the best of the Brexit free trade deal, but German medtechs are eager for trade flow practicalities to be prioritized.

Topic Brexit Medtech-Brexit

In Vivo

The Times They Are A-Changin’: Opportunities In Medtech Regulation For The UK After Brexit

27 Jan 2021

The turn of the year is a chance to reflect on times past and the future, to make resolutions and look ahead to changes for the better. With Brexit in mind, this is the time to prophesize on UK medtech’s immediate future.

Topic Regulation Market Access Medtech-Brexit

Medtech Insight

Brexit Response: Patient Safety Prioritized In Forthcoming UK MHRA Device Regulatory System

By Ashley Yeo 27 Nov 2020

Although the EU MDR and IVDR will fall outside the scope of new post-Brexit medtech regulations for Great Britain in 2021, the UK MHRA says it has the chance of developing its own world-leading regulatory regime.

Topic Medtech-Brexit Regulation Brexit

Medtech Insight

All About Value – Brexit Aside, UK Industry Sees Good Things Ahead For Healthtech Adoption

By Ashley Yeo 27 Nov 2020

ABHI director of value and access Luella Trickett talks about the importance of real-world evidence in product development and value-based procurement in secondary care in the UK.

Topic Medtech-Brexit EU Legislation Regulation

Medtech Insight

Interview: ‘More Forward Thinking’ Needed For UK IVD Industry As Brexit Looms

By Ashley Yeo 23 Nov 2020

Incoming head of diagnostic regulation at the UK ABHI Steve Lee makes a plea for more detailed MHRA guidance around product registration requirements for the post-EU national market.

Topic Medtech-Brexit Regulation

Medtech Insight

50 Days To Brexit – And No Extension, Govt Warns UK Medtechs

By Ashley Yeo 23 Nov 2020

High level EU-UK negotiations have yet to deliver a free trade deal. Meanwhile, the MHRA has issued more guidance for medtechs accessing the UK market in 2021.

Topic EU Medtech-Brexit Brexit

Medtech Insight

Not Too Late? German Industry Presses For EU MRA With Post-Brexit UK

By Ashley Yeo 23 Nov 2020

BVMed says the EU and the UK should set up a system of mutual recognition of medical device regulation to kick in when the UK’s EU exit transition period ends on 31 December. 

Topic Medtech-Brexit Regulation Brexit

Medtech Insight

UK Updates Medtech Industry On National Regulatory System Progress

By Ashley Yeo 23 Nov 2020

The UK will have new regulatory systems for medical devices in place for when it leaves the EU at the end of this year. The Office for Life Sciences has been fielding more questions from industry on the new structures.

Topic Medtech-Brexit Regulation Brexit

Medtech Insight

The Politics And The Practice Of UK Standalone Devices Regulation

By Ashley Yeo 23 Nov 2020

Taylor Wessing partner Alison Dennis and MHRA devices regulatory policy manager Gavia Taan provide updates on the UK’s device regulatory plans after the Brexit transition period ends.

Topic Medtech-Brexit Regulation Brexit