Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) and NOVA Medical School – Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS) have established a partnership to strengthen the institutions’ ability to attract new partners or clients for their services in the field of medical devices.
To promote the partnership among the industry, a unique event in Portugal was held on 28 June 2024 to explain to companies the journey involved in developing medical devices or IVDs, right through to commercialisation. The event also served to demonstrate the functionality of the partners (IPN, NMS and TUV-SU) to companies.
TÜV SÜD is the leading European notified body for the certification of CE-marked medical devices.
Through NOVA CRU, NMS supports companies and start-ups during the clinical research phase, with the following services: design and planning of the clinical research/performance study, development of the clinical research protocol, preparation and submission of clinical trials or studies (CS) to the competent authorities, monitoring and management, data analysis, technovigilance, and construction of computer software that responds to the specificities of Clinical Research.
IPN, through its Medical Devices Regulatory — support unit, offers specialised regulatory and compliance services, helping companies navigate the regulatory journey that is necessary for the development and commercialisation of new technologies.