UK Regulatory Update: MHRA Adds More Medtech UK Approved Body Capacity in August

Diagnostics industry offers food for thought on UK’s future international recognition routes

The number of UK approved bodies designated to issue UKCA marking leapt from four to seven in August, adding much-needed file auditing capacity to Great Britain’s evolving medtech regulatory system. Next up: the MHRA’s consultation on accepting overseas-approved products onto the market.

Yu Ping Chen

Intertek became the latest medtech auditing organization to be designated as a UK approved body (UKAB), gaining permission to do conformity assessments and issue UKCA marking certificates under the UK MDR 2002 (SI 2002 No. 618, as amended) for the Great Britain market. The designation was made on 22 August, with Intertek Medical Notified Body UK Ltd (IMNB) now the seventh UKAB.

The designation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) covers a range of active non-implantable and non-active medical...

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