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The International Medical Device Regulators Forum<\/strong> (IMDRF) is a voluntary association of medical device regulators from around the world.<\/p>\n

At the end of January, the IMDRF published a practical guidance document<\/strong> on classifying risks in software medical devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The guidance is available for download on the IMDRF website: Characterization Considerations for Medical Device Software and Software-Specific Risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"display":[54],"class_list":["post-27768","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","display-display-on-news-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Guidance: Risk Classification of Medical Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IMDRF issues new guidance on characterizing risks and intended purpose for medical device software.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/en\/news\/guidance-risks-software-medical-devices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Guidance: Risk 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