New Regulations the Biggest Influence for 72.7% of Software Engineers

Oct. 14, 2011 - PRLog -- As technology advances, software design plays an increasingly critical role in a growing number of healthcare divisions. In the global medical device industry, little has had the same level of impact on the design of software for medical devices as the need to stay compliant with a stream of new regulations.

Throughout Europe, the main focus of software engineers has in recent years been compliance with the EU Medical Device Directive – and it has proved immensely challenging for many. Meanwhile, developers in the US have had to contend with a lack of legislative action due to uncertainty that came with a change of congress.

In a recent Pharma IQ survey, distributed among key figures from the medical devices software community, new regulations were found to be having the biggest impact in the current environment. Conducted ahead of the second annual Software Design for Medical Devices Europe event in January 2012, the study also revealed that compliance with changing standards was a key business priority in the months ahead.

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