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Medical Device made Easy Podcast — 312 episodes

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The FDA Clearance Journey: What Nobody Tells Medical Device Startups

2

The Audit Went Perfectly… So Why Are We Still in Trouble?

3

Medical Device News July 2026 Regulatory Update

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Medical Device News June 2026 Regulatory Update

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FEEDBACK AFTER 3 MONTHS OF THE NEW FDA QMSR IS IN PLACE

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How can a proper Intended Use save your device?

7

Can You Certify an LLM-Driven Medical Device?

8

Master UDI-DI: The New Layer Many MedTech Companies Don’t Understand

9

Life After CE Marking: Why AI Medical Devices Need Continuous Monitoring

10

The Fake QMS Problem: Why Your ISO 13485 System Will Fail an Audit

11

AI Medical Devices: What Notified Bodies Really Look For

12

Medical Device News APRIL 2026 Regulatory Update

13

These 3 podcasts will change how you see MedTech

14

EUDAMED Deadline 2026 – 7 Steps Every MedTech Company Must Prepare

15

Medical Device News March 2026 Regulatory Update

16

IMDRF & Regulatory Reliance Explained: The Future of Global Medical Device Approvals

17

IEC 60601 – From 2nd to 4th Edition: What Manufacturers Must Know

18

Defect Management in SaMD — From Chaos to Control

19

Medical Device News February 2026 Regulatory Update

20

Validation & Supplier Management in MedTech

21

QMSR Is Coming: Why FDA Inspections Will Change Completely in 2026

22

How to Remediate a Design History File (DHF)

23

Medical Device News January 2026 Regulatory Update

24

Verification & Validation Explained — A Practical Conversation with Aaron Joseph

25

Last Podcast of the Year – Easy Medical Device | Year in Review & What’s Next

26

Simplifying EU Medical Device Regulations: Understanding the 2025 Proposal

27

From Engineer to Clinical Evaluation Expert – The Journey of Florian Tolkmitt

28

Medical Device News DECEMBER 2025 Regulatory Update

29

How to become a LEAD AUDITOR made Easy

30

What is changing with the new ISO 10993-1 version 2025

31

From Zero to One: The journey of a CRO with Helene Quie

32

Medical Device News November 2025 Regulatory Update

33

Automatisation of your QA RA job with AI

34

US Government Shutdown – What FDA can still be doing?

35

Real-World Evidence (RWE): How to Use It Right for FDA and EU MDR Compliance

36

Clinical Evidence under EU MDR – Why So Many Dossiers Fail (and How to Fix It)

37

Highlights from La Rentrée du DM 2025

38

Medical Device News OCTOBER 2025 Regulatory Update

39

Post-Market Surveillance for Software and AI Devices

40

From Surgeon to CEO: Building NEUROGYN AG Professor Marc Possover’s Journey

41

Cybersecurity in Medical Devices – What QA/RA Must Do Today

42

Medical Device News September 2025 Regulatory Update

43

The good, bad and uglyof using AIfor QA RA Compliance

44

Medical Device Software Versioning

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From Zero to One How to collaborate with clients

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From Zero to One: Becoming a Medical Device auditor

47

From Zero to One – Should You Work with a QA/RA Recruiter? | Podcast Episode

48

Why Switch to eIFU? Top Regulatory & Operational Benefits Explained for Medical Device Manufacturers

49

Quality & Regulatory in MedTech – Interview with Pardeep Kaur

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From Zero to One: Creating your Consulting Firm

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Medical Device News JULY 2025 Regulatory Update

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From Zero to One: SaaS Founder’s First Five Years

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Notified Bodies raise concern on Risk Grading

54

Software as a Medical Device: Beginner’s Guide to Testing & Validation

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Medical Device News JUNE 2025 Regulatory Update

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Trapped or Strategic? Changing Notified Bodies During MDR Transition

57

How deepeye Medical overcame the AI ACT?

58

Is EHDS dangerous for Medical Device manufacturers?

59

When is Regulatory Affairs needed during Design?

60

What is the new UK Post-Market Surveillance Requirements?

61

How to register your Medical Device in Malaysia?

62

Should you quit your job to become a consultant?

63

How to satisfy Cybersecurity for FDA and EU?

64

Medical Device News April 2025 Regulatory Update

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What are the TOP 3 FDA inspection issues?

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Medical Device News March 2025 Regulatory Update

67

How to avoid Clinical Investigation for your Device?

68

FDA: Advantage of the Breakthrough Device Program

69

How and Who to build your Risk Management File?

70

The good, the bad and the ugly of certification bodies

71

Medical Device News January 2025 Regulatory Update

72

6 Tips to Grow as a QA RA Manager

73

TOP 5 common NCs on an ISO 13485 audit

74

How to perform your PMS for a Drug-Device Combination?

75

How to register a Medical Device in South Africa?

76

Medica: AI & MDR FLIP THE COIN

77

Easy Medical Device Great Summary 2024

78

What are the major pitfalls of Startups in Medical Devices?

79

Medical Device News December 2024 Regulatory Update

80

PCCP – The Magic tool for SaMD in the US?

81

IEC 60601-1-8 How to test your Medical Device alarms?

82

How to build the perfect Quality Management System?

83

Is FMEA bad for your Risk Management?

84

How MDR and IVDR code can save you money?

85

Medical Device News November 2024 Regulatory Update

86

What does a strategy for regulatory compliance looks like?

87

What are the TOP 3 issues on CAPAs?

88

Medical Device News, October 2024 Regulatory Update

89

How to select the best plastic for your Medical Device?

90

UK vs EU vs US – How to switch to another region easily?

91

How to do a PMCF Literature Search for Medical Devices?

92

Medical Device News, Septembre 2024 Regulatory Update

93

How to use AI GPT for your Quality and Regulatory work?

94

How to go from Zero to Hero in Medical Devices?

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Manage the Transfer/Renewal/Surveillance/Change of your CE certificate

96

How to use Harmonized Standards for Medical Devices?

97

IVDR Class D – Lesson learned from Notified Bodies

98

EU MDR Major update: Interruption or Discontinuation of supply!

99

How to register your Medical Device in the UAE?

100

EU Battery Regulation – How to be ready?

101

AI Act – What are the challenges for Medical Devices?

102

Medical Device News, July 2024 Regulatory Update

103

How to submit your AI/ML SAMD the right way?

104

AFNOR – How is a Notified Body designated?

105

Cleaning Validation – How to select the worst case?

106

Medical Device News June 2024 Regulatory Update

107

Summative Evaluation – Common mistakes

108

Are you more Corrections or Corrective Actions or Preventive Actions?

109

How to select and evaluate your Contract Manufacturer?

110

Quality Field Service for Medical Devices

111

Medical Device NewsMAY 2024 Regulatory Update

112

Why and how to build a Quality Culture?

113

What is the impact of AI Act on Medical Devices?

114

Radiation Sterilisation Master File (ISO 11137 & 11607)

115

Medical Device News April 2024 Regulatory Update

116

How to benefit from Surveys to build Clinical Evidence?

117

How to do Postmarketing Surveillance the right way?

118

Learn more about FDA QMSR alignment with ISO 13485

119

Medical Device News March 2024 Regulatory Update

120

New EU Proposal – EUDAMED, IVDR & Shortage

121

Will EtO gaz become a Medical Device?

122

How to get your interview prepared?

123

Medical Device News february 2024 Regulatory Update

124

Why you should use Pre-Submission or Q-Sub with FDA?

125

You are not the Physical Manufacturer, can you be MDR certified?

126

MEDICA 2023 – InterviewS with Startups, Service Providers, Notified Bodies…

127

WARNING! APPLY TO YOUR NOTIFIED BODY NOW!

128

Medical Device News – january 2024 Regulatory Update

129

Regulatory Maturity Model – Heatmap (MEDICA 2023)

130

Life of QA RA Podcasters?

131

Why should you invest in your Regulatory Team?

132

What is Usability for Medical Devices?

133

Medical Device News: December 2023 Regulatory Update

134

What is the situation regarding digitalization in Medtech?

135

How to find your Predicate Device for your 510K Submission?

136

How to CE certify a Calculator, Risk Score…?

137

Medical Device News – November 2023 Regulatory Update

138

Validate your Iphone, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei… for your Software

139

Afrisummit 2023 Interviews Part 2 – Egypt Situation

140

Afrisummit 2023 Interviews Part 1

141

What are some pitfalls to avoid during Software Design?

142

October 2023 Regulatory Update

143

What is the EUDAMED Updates?

144

Interviews on Being The PRRC (Part 2)

145

MEDICAL DEVICE NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2023 Regulatory Update

146

How to perform your Cleaning Validation in practice?

147

What are the Acceptance Criteria for your Clinical Evaluation?

148

Why you should automate your Software validation?

149

Hire your QA RA person with no Budget

150

Who should be on your Risk Management Dream Team?

151

Artificial Intelligence in the Medical Device Industry

152

Validation of Quality Software in Medical Devices

153

How to register Medical Devices in Saudi Arabia?

154

Medical Device News – July 2023 Regulatory Update

155

What should you know on UKCA extension

156

How to connect Software dev and QA RA Team

157

The great misunderstanding of EU MDR amendments

158

Medical Device News -June 2023 regulatory update

159

How to master Regulatory Intelligence?

160

What if your Medical Device Company goes Bankrupt?

161

Technical Files Inconsistencies Identified by Notified Bodies

162

The truth about the UK vs EU situation

163

Medical Device news – May 2023 Regulatory Update

164

Transition to Agile for Software as Medical Device

165

Prepare your audit like a PRO

166

What is a SOUP for your Software Development?

167

Medical Device News – March 2023 Regulatory Update

168

How to perform Risk Management for a Software ?

169

How to create a Proactive Postmarketing Surveillance? [EU MDR]

170

What you should know about Vigilance Reporting for Medical Devices?

171

Medical Device News: March 2023 Regulatory Update

172

Medical Device News – October 2022 Regulatory Update

173

How to Certify a Software as Medical Device? (Dr. Abtin Rad – TÜV SÜD)

174

Better to be a Consultant or a Full-time employee? [Lifescience industry]

175

What can we learn from the first MDR audits? [Martin Witte -TÜV SÜD]

176

How to implement Vigilance Reporting for MDR and IVDR?

177

System and Procedure Pack the RETURN with Erik Vollebregt

178

How to interpret the first Expert Panel Opinion? [Bassil Akra]

179

Medical Device News: The July 2021 Update [MDR IVDR FDA SFDA]

180

How to build your State-of-the-art for your Medical Devices?

181

How Intellectual Property is linked to the Medical Device Regulation?

182

How to perform a good Clinical Investigation with Helene Quie

183

How to perform a Biological Evaluation for your Medical Device?

184

Medical Device News – June 2021 Update [EU MDR Date of Application]

185

EU MDR Survey: What is the Industry’s opinion? [Catherine Higginson]

186

MDR is coming so brace yourself with Erik Vollebregt

187

FDA: Is the Emergency Use Authorization worth it? (EUA)

188

Medical Device News – May 2021 Update [EU MDR 2017/745]

189

Checklist – What is important before the EU MDR Date of Application?

190

How to perform correctly a Merger & Acquisition during the MDR transition?

191

Will it be really difficult for IVD manufacturers? [IVDR 2017/746]

192

How to create a Label under MDR? (Questions & Answers)

193

How System and Procedure Pack are regulated under EU MDR?

194

How to import your Medical Devices with an Independent Importer?

195

What is the Medical Device News? [March 2021 update]

196

The best design methods for successful development? [Jon Speer]

197

How to perform your PMS more easily with Ivan Perez Chamorro?

198

Medical Device News – January 2021 Update (Monir El Azzouzi)

199

How to deal with Significant Changes within MDR & IVDR with Martin Witte

200

How to register a Medical Device in Mexico? [Josué Garza]

201

How a Quality & Regulatory training can help you? [Sofmedica]

202

What are Common Specifications under EU MDR & IVDR?

203

How to certify a self-testing device under IVDR? [Erik Vollebregt]

204

What is the cost of EU MDR 2017/745? [Catherine Higginson]

205

How to register your Medical Device in the ASEAN region?

206

The latest news on Brexit, Swixit and EU MDR [Medical Device News]

207

How to register ATMP-Device combination products?

208

How to get some help from Medical Device Regulators with Cliff Bleustein

209

How can GDPR impact Medical Devices with Erik Vollebregt

210

Be successful at your MDR and IVDR audit with Martin Witte

211

Medical Device News – August 2020 Review (Monir El Azzouzi)

212

How to switch quickly to a Virtual Conference with TOPRA

213

Best practice for Device Testing with Michael Wetherington

214

Best overview of IEC 60601 for Medical Device electrical equipment

215

Medical Device News – July 2020 Update on Quality and Regulatory for Medical Devices

216

Learn UDI code for Medical Devices with Sylvia Reingardt

217

Understand IEC 62304 for Medical Device Software with Adnan Ashfaq

218

How to become a PRRC with TEAM-PRRC (EU MDR & IVDR)

219

Medical Device News – June 2020 Update

220

The secrets to being EU MDR certified with Shokoufeh Khodabandeh

221

How to perform your Process Validation with Adnan Ashfaq (IQ OQ PQ)

222

How to execute your Internal Audits? (Medical Device companies)

223

Medical Device News – May 2020 Review with Monir El Azzouzi

224

What means Sufficient Clinical Data with Bassil Akra (EU MDR)

225

What is the Notified Body situation? (Bassil Akra from TUV SUD)

226

How to get ISO 13485 certified? (Quality Management System)

227

How to get your Digital Health Application reimbursed in Germany? (DIGA)

228

Medical Device News – April 2020 Regulatory Update

229

How to calculate your sample size with Jon Bergsteinsson

230

The 1-year delay for the EU MDR 2017/745 with Erik Vollebregt

231

Medical Device School – Why are Staff hiding problems to QA & RA?

232

MDR & Drug-Device Combination Products with Theresa Jeary

233

Medical Device News – March 2020 Review (EU MDR)

234

What is a Significant Change for your Medical Device? with Erik Vollebregt

235

All about Class Is, Im and Ir with Elem Ayne (EU MDR 2017/745)

236

Cybersecurity for your Medical Devices with Erik Vollebregt

237

Medical Device Regulatory Update – February 2020

238

Do your Economic Operators need a Quality Management System?

239

Create your intended purpose with Cesare Magri (Medical Device)

240

Medical Device School: What should verify your Economic Operators?

241

Clinical Data for Low Risk Medical Devices with Robert van Boxtel

242

Medical Device School – Who controls your Economic Operators?

243

Are Brexit, Swixit, and Turkxit a reality? with Erik Vollebregt

244

Medical Device School – Who are your Economic Operators?

245

Swixit or not Swixit? this is the question with Ronald Boumans

246

Medical Device School – Process Validation or Verification?

247

Episode 61 – Medical Device Regulatory Update: January 2020

248

How to register your Device in Brazil with Tania Aprigliano? (ANVISA)

249

Why is it Awesome to work in a Quality or Regulatory affairs job?

250

How to create a QMS compliant to MDR with Stefan Bolleininger

251

How to register your Medical Device through 510k with Michelle Lott

252

Medical Device School: How to audit your Suppliers?

253

Post-Marketing Clinical Follow-up with Helene Quie (PMCF)

254

I wish you a Happy New Year 2020 with Monir El Azzouzi

255

6 ways to collect Clinical Data with David Rutledge

256

Class I Medical Devices under MDR with Erik Vollebregt (PART 2)

257

Corrigendum 2 – Changes for Class I Devices with Erik Vollebregt (Part 1)

258

How to evaluate your Medical Devices in 3 Steps with Heikki Pitkänen?

259

Responsibility of a Distributor in MDR & IVDR with Nicolaj Nitzsch

260

Medical Device School: Product Development or Documentation creation?

261

EUDAMED is delayed, so What? with Richard Houlihan

262

Literature Search for your CER with Ed Drower

263

Medical Device School: How to build a Gap Assessment Tool?

264

How to validate an eQMS with Jacob Sjorslev

265

How to implement an eQMS with Jacob Sjorslev

266

Medical Device School – Most important issues on your CAPA (ISO 13485)

267

Medical Device Disruptions at Hospitals with Stefan Krojer

268

5 FDA Myths for Start-Ups with Justin Bushko

269

GDPR & MDR for Medical Applications with Jovan Stevovic

270

Register your Medical Device in the US with Michelle Lott (FDA)

271

New rules for the In-Vitro Diagnostic Industry with Maurizio Suppo

272

Learn Post Market Surveillance with Natasha Bankowski

273

Product Equivalence for Clinical Evaluation Report (CER) with Helene Quie

274

Episode 39 – Networking at Medical Device events with Lynda Wight

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Episode 38 – Be the Best Candidate Ever with Mitch Robbins

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Episode 37 – Usability & Human Factor with Sharon Ayd

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Episode 36 – How to choose your PRRC with Erik Vollebregt

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Episode 35 – Digitalization of QA RA with Michael Kania

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Episode 34 – Real-World Data for Medical Devices with Alethea Wieland

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Episode 33 – Notified Bodies Lay Down Service with Erik Vollebregt

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Episode 32 – Pakistan Registration Process with Muhammad Sohail

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Episode 31 – First Regulatory Affairs Job with Karandeep Badwal

283

Episode 30 – Promotional Compliance with Darshan Kulkarni

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Episode 29 – 5 Steps to create a QMS with Jason Lim

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Episode 28 – OBL & OEM with Stefan Bolleininger – Part 2

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Episode 27 – OEM & OBL Model with Stefan Bolleininger [Part 1]

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Episode 26 – IVDR preparation with Andreas Stange

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Episode 25 – EUDAMED secrets with Richard Houlihan

289

Episode 24 – Myths about consultants with Thomas McMann

290

Episode 23- TOP 10 criteria to select a CRO with Alethea Wieland

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Episode 22 – Clinical Trial with Alethea Wieland

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Episode 21 – How to master Regulatory Affairs with Samantha Alsbury

293

Episode 20 – What is a Blockchain with Khuram Malik

294

Episode 19 – Rule 11 for Software Devices with Cyrille Michaud

295

Episode 18 – QA RA Recruitment situation with Petra Ognjenovic

296

Episode 17 – Unannounced audit stories with Florent Guyon

297

Episode 16 – From Disease to a Medical Device with Sean Hamilton

298

Episode 15 – MDR & IVDR discussion with Erik Vollebregt Part 2

299

Episode 14 – MDR & IVDR stories with Erik Vollebregt (Part 1)

300

Episode 13 – Brexit Talk with Richard Young

301

Episode 12 – How to create an ISO Standard with Marcelo Antunes

302

Episode 11 – Medical Device Software Validation

303

Episode 10 – Understand MDSAP with Angelina Hakim

304

Episode 9 – Entrepreneurial journey with Ivan Perez Chamorro

305

Episode 8 – From Correction to Prevention with ODIAC

306

Episode 7 – Make your KPIs Green again

307

Episode 6 – What are the 6 types of Medical Device Audits

308

Episode 5 – Medtech Prediction 2019

309

Episode 4 – UDI for Unique Device Identification

310

Episode 3 – Is my Product a Medical Device in Europe?

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Episode 2 – New EU Medical Device Regulation MDR 2017/745

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