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Is SharePoint the Right Choice for Your Medical Device QMS?

A Quality Management System (QMS) is a requirement for medical device developers across the globe. But should ...

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Evolving Quality Management: From Ad Hoc to Chaordic

How can you help your business evolve its mindset to achieve the most instinctive, frictionless and effective ...

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Why not just use Dropbox as a document management system?

If you’re a tech start-up or growing SME looking to implement an enterprise-grade file-sharing solution and co...

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Demystifying FDA 21 CFR Part 820: A Comprehensive Guide

The FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR) for medical device manufacturers is commonly known as FDA 21 CFR Par...

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5 Phases of Developing Medical Devices: A Comprehensive Guide

The medical device development process is typically broken down into five distinct phases. Each one requires i...

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Why not use Microsoft software to build your own digital QMS?

SMEs creating a digital Quality Management System (QMS) will often reach for the most familiar tools to build ...

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The Importance of Equipment Calibration in ISO 13485 and ISO 9001

Monitoring and measuring quality of products and services is a key part of any QMS. But how can you be sure th...

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Understanding Document Control in ISO 9001:2015

Document control is a key part of any Quality Management System (QMS) and, therefore, a requirement of ISO 900...

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4 Steps to Effective Supplier Quality Management

How do you transform regular supplier reviews from a box-ticking exercise into a genuinely useful commercial a...

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How is Software as a Medical device (SaMD) regulated by the FDA?

Does the fertility tracking app you are developing count as a medical device? What about the imaging software ...

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Understanding the Differences: ISO 9001 vs ISO 13485

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management used in many sectors from construct...

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Understanding Post-Market Surveillance for Medical Devices in the EU

The PIP scandal, in which thousands of women were injured by faulty breast implants over a period of twenty ye...

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8 Tips for Streamlining Your Document Review Process

How is the quality of your document review process affecting the speed and efficiency of the way you do busine...

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5 Reasons Why You Need Document Version Control Software

We’ve all been there. We’ve lovingly put the final touches to that important document and saved it to the shar...

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Understanding Medical Device Classification: MD, IVD, AIMD, or SaMD?

Question for you: what exactly is a medical device? Is the product you are developing a Medical Device, an In ...

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What’s the plan? A seamless product realisation process for ISO 13485

So, you’ve had your brilliant idea. You know what kind of medical device you want to build. You have a vision ...

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Understanding QMS, eQMS, and eDMS for Quality Management Success

There are different ways companies can build required quality management systems, from using traditional paper...

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Compiling a design & development plan for your medical device

What are the planning requirements for a medical device design and development process? And what tools can hel...

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The Evolution of Quality Management Systems: A Path to Business Growth

A focus on a quality management system shouldn’t just mean a ‘box ticking’ exercise for an organisation. And i...

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The Importance of Design Controls in Medical Device Development

When it comes to medical device development, the absence of comprehensive design and development documentation...

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Navigating FDA Approval: Understanding 510K vs PMA

How can medical device developers gain FDA approval for their devices and permission to sell their product int...

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Is Qualio the Right Choice for Your Medical Device eQMS?

Qualio is an eQMS platform launched in 2012 by Irish entrepreneur Robert Fenton. From small beginnings, his co...

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Best Practices for Good Documentation in Regulated Industries

Good documentation practices (also known as GdocP or GDP) are guidelines for document management and control d...

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How to scale your medical device consultancy practice

Many medical device consultancy practices work on a fee-based model, helping clients with regulatory and quali...

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How a QMS supports medical device risk management in ISO 13485

A QMS should ultimately help guard against customer harm or dissatisfaction, by guarding against the risk of f...

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Tips for a Successful FDA 510(k) Submission: Get It Right

Developers who want to release a medical device in the US need to seek permission from the FDA. Depending on t...

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Navigating the Automotive Chip Shortage

The semiconductor shortage continues to ravage many sectors. With its reliance on electronics for driverless t...

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Why not use greenlight guru as your med tech eQMS?

Greenlight Guru has been marketed since 2013 as the first digital eQMS (electronic Quality Management System) ...

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The RISC-V Revolution: Winning Big in the Chip Innovation Era

The rise of RISC-V seems inexorable. It’s being touted as an answer to the drastic slowing of Moore’s law. It’...

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Cognidox Unveils Exciting New Features in v10.2 Release

Cambridge, UK, 3 May 2022: Cognidox, a leading provider of document management solutions for the high-tech, me...

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Understanding FDA Medical Device Development Requirements: DHF, DMR, DHR

DHF, DMR, DHR… to the uninitiated they might sound like out-of-town furniture stores or airport codes for exot...

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Quality Control vs Quality Assurance: Understanding the Differences

QC is about detecting defects in your finished product, while QA is about preventing the defects from occurrin...

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Device Master Record (DMR)

The Device Master Record (DMR) is one of the ‘holy trinity’ of files that developers need to collate and maint...

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Streamlining Medical Device Design Controls for FDA and ISO Compliance

30 years ago the FDA introduced robust new requirements for medical device design control following a string o...

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8 Key Benefits of a Document Management System

A document management system (DMS) is a method of managing, storing and retrieving all the documentation a bus...

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Effective Lean Document Control in Life Science Sector

In medical device development, document controls are the building blocks of an ISO and FDA compliant Quality M...

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Building an ISO 13485 Compliant QMS: 4 Effective Strategies

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain the most efficient, ISO 13485 compliant QMS as your company con...

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Is Dropbox Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

DropBox is a file sharing platform familiar to millions throughout the world. Once a personal file storage and...

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11 Essential Features of Medical Device Document Control Software

Inflexible SOPs, complicated interfaces, training and maintenance requirements. Traditional document control s...

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Mastering Document Lifecycle Management for ISO 9001 Compliance

ISO 9001 requires you to control the document lifecycle to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your bu...

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The Cost of Chaos in Document Management: A Financial Wake-Up Call

Chaotic document management is wasting the time and energy of businesses around the world every year. But in s...

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Is Google Drive Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

A Quality Management System is a requirement for medical device developers across the globe. But should you bu...

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Structure Your QMS Documentation for ISO 13485 Compliance

How should you structure your documentation to meet the requirements of ISO 13485?

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Understanding the Importance of Document Lifecycle Management

What are the 7 stages of the document lifecycle? Why is managing and controlling the lifecycle a critical part...

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Why Your Medical Device Start-Up Needs a Lean eQMS

In this blog, Shaun Knights, Head of Quality at period care company Callaly, tells us why his start-up needed ...

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Mastering Document Control in Your Medical Device QMS

Document controls are a fundamental requirement of every medical device regulatory regime. They are the ‘build...

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How to Prevent Over-Processing in Your Medical Device QMS

Building a quality management system is never a quick and simple process. But in medical device development, w...

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Understanding the UK Responsible Person Requirement Post-Brexit

Following Britain’s exit from the EU, all non-UK medical device and IVD manufacturers who want to place their ...

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Navigating IVD Device Regulations in the UK: Challenges for Developers

IVD device regulation is about upping the bar—it’s about making products to a higher standard and ensuring the...

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Mastering ISO 9001:2015 Quality Principles - A Guide to Implementation

ISO 9001:2015 and its related quality standards are all based on the ‘Seven Quality Management Principles’ def...

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Navigating the Post-Covid Landscape: The Future of the IVD Industry

The Covid pandemic has brought new attention, investment and competition to the IVD sector. But with new oppor...

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Navigating EU IVDR Compliance: Key Changes and Deadlines

The EU In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR), written in 2017, was developed to replace the existing EU In Vi...

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8 Essential GMP Principles for Med Tech Developers

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are intended to ensure that pharmaceutical products, medical devices and ot...

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The Power of Design Reviews: Preventing Costly Mistakes

I worked in one of the large Cambridge-based technology consultancies for many years and was privileged to hav...

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The Importance of a Quality Strategy for Your Company

I believe that a quality strategy is a vital element to the success of a business. Quality of product and oper...

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