The number of EU notified bodies applying for designation against the EU MDR has risen by over a third in the past nine months, the European Commission reports. IVDR applicant numbers are up slightly too. But are the increases enough to ease the anticipated bottlenecks?

How many notified bodies have been designated under the new EU Medical Device and IVD Regulations? Medtech Insight looks at the Nando database to monitor developments.

The latest revelations in London and Brussels over the last week show concrete progress is being made toward the designation of notified bodies. But which organizations will be named first and when?