Development of medical devices to tackle COVID-19 – UPDATE
- May 7, 2020
- Posted by: confinis
- Category: confinis
***LAST UPDATED May 7th***
Dear innovators
At Confinis we want to provide our contribution to the global challenge to tackle COVID-19.
We commit to offer our knowledge and skills to partners designing and developing medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and combination products in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A special fast track and reduced costs are offered to clients aiming at providing solutions tackling the COVID-19 outbreak, including apps, software, combination products all over the world. To know more, you can contact us at: info.ch@confinis.com
We also provide you here a regular update summary of some regulatory facilitations and some open grants opportunities related to the development of medical devices to tackle COVID-19.
Regulatory facilitations and tools
- Guidance on Apps supporting the fight against COVID 19 pandemic in relation to data protection: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1587141168991&uri=CELEX:52020XC0417(08)
- Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19 — Common EU Toolbox for Member States: https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/ehealth/docs/covid-19_apps_en.pdf
- Guidance on medical devices, active implantable medical devices, and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in the COVID-19 context: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/40607
- Guidance on temporary extraordinary measures related to medical device Notified Body audits during COVID-19 quarantine orders and travel restrictions: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/40705?locale=en
- European standards for medical supplies have been made freely available to facilitate increase of production: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_502
- Coronavirus Treatment acceleration Program (FDA): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/coronavirus-covid-19-drugs/coronavirus-treatment-acceleration-program-ctap
Open grants with deadlines
In Switzerland
- Paul Scherrer Institute, https://www.psi.ch/en/sls/scientific-highlights/priority-access-call-for-work-on-combating-covid-19. Deadline September 2020.
In Europe
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/2020/info_wissenschaft_20_20/index.html. Deadlines July 1 and September 1 2020.
Worldwide
- IBM, https://developer.ibm.com/callforcode/getstarted/covid-19/. April 27 2020 Initial submission deadline, July 31 2020 Final submission deadline.
- Eureka, https://www.eurekanetwork.org/content/multilateral-call-solutions-covid-19-echo-period. Deadline May 15 2020.
- MIT Solve, https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/health-security-pandemics. Deadline June 18 2020.
- NASA, https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary!init.do?solId=%7b3F3DFBFB-8FEE-F317-63FD-CB84ECA833EC%7d&path=open, Deadline March 2021.
- Amazon, https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/disaster-response/diagnostic-dev-initiative/.
- UK Research and Innovation, https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/ukri-open-call-for-research-and-innovation-ideas-to-address-covid-19/.
Authors: Dr. Andrea Biasiucci (Senior Consultant confinis) / Dr. Martina Coscia (Senior Consultant confinis)