GMed Designated As France’s First MDR Notified Body

The designation of France’s GMed as an EU notified body will be a huge relief to the French medtech industry. Some 30% of the country's medtech sector, the second largest in Europe, uses its services.

The French testing and certification body, GMed, has been designated under the EU’s new Medical Device Regulation, making it the 15th MDR notified body in the EU. It offers a near full range of MDR testing services, including a full range in the area of active implantables.

GMed was among the early applicants for MDR designation. The postponement of the full application of the MDR, to 26...