EU Announces Fifth MDR Notified Body Designation In Five Weeks

The latest EU organization to be named under the Medical Device Regulation is based in Austria.

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A new notified body, QMD Services, has been named which is headquartered in Vienna just a week ahead of MedTech Forum, the annual conference of MedTech Europe, in the Austrian capital.

The organization has been designated under the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and is Austria’s first and only notified body under...

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