European Commission Designates HIBCC as an Issuing Entity for its UDI Initiative

The European Commission has designated HIBCC to be a Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Issuing Agency as part of the European Union Medical Device Regulation (MDR), which will apply to all EU member nations.   HIBCC’s EU Issuing Entity designation was announced on June 7th, 2019. HIBCC has been an Issuing Agency for the U.S. FDA’s UDI Rule since 2013.

HIBCC will be deploying additional support and guidance to its European constituents to assist them as they implement processes in accordance with the EU MDR.

To view the official EU Issuing Entity designation click here.

To view the entire release from the Official Journal of the European Union click here.

To learn more about  EU UDI requirements click here or contact HIBCC directly at info@hibcc.org or (602) 381-1091.