How to Secure your Documents in Confluence?
This short post will provide you insight into taking control over your document management in Confluence Server. This post is not going to touch regular security policies like VPN, firewalls, security policies and ohter things that are outside of the Confluence Server. In other words, all the really technical things are left out and we […]
What is Software Tool Validation?
Modern medical device regulations are putting more and more emphasis on the management of software tools. These tools are software packages that are not part of the medical devices themselves, but support the device during its lifecycle. Nowadays companies use dozens of applications, ranging from accounting tools to email clients to software compilers. Of course […]
The Importance of IEC 62304 Compliance Part 2
Following up on our first blog post on how to become a trusted software supplier to established medical device manufacturers with the help of IEC 62304, we will now shed some light on specific clauses and requirements of that standard. IEC 62304:2006/Amd 1:2015, 4.3 – Software Safety Classification The 2015 amendment provides more clarity on […]
The Importance of IEC 62304 Compliance
IEC 62304 outlines the guiding principles for the development of medical software. It is the gold standards for medical device companies, but its importance goes beyond legal manufacturers and established medical software suppliers. In the vast majority of cases, software embedded in a device (or a device itself) use abundant OTS (Off The Shelf) code, […]
Don’t be a ”victim” of your Quality System, but instead use it to achieve your objectives!
“If you can’t beat them, join them!” If your company has decided to enter the medical device market, and you are in charge of making this transition, one of the things you will have to implement sooner or later is a compliant quality system. It is not going to be an easy job, but on […]
New Medical Devices Regulation & Risk Management
The revised Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) will change the regulatory environment of medical devices in Europe to a more stringent one. Compared to the MDD, the MDR promotes a life-cycle approach similar to what the US FDA and many international standards advocate. MDR highlights the importance of medical device risk management. Although risk management has […]
