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Executive Briefing - Regulatory Resilience

How well can your organization respond to new requirements, additional documentation, staff absences, or critical post-market signals? The Executive Briefing explains the key requirements for regulatory resilience and includes a self-assessment to help you evaluate your organization's current status.

Here's what you can expect

How well can your organization adapt when things change?

This briefing illustrates how products, markets, documentation, knowledge, and responsibilities are interconnected and where changes may pose particular challenges for your organization:

  • Four stress tests: changing requirements, additional documentation, the loss of a key specialist, and a critical post-market signal
  • Typical warning signs that reveal regulatory vulnerabilities in day-to-day operations
  • Five prerequisites for identifying changes, understanding their impacts, and implementing adjustments in a coordinated manner
  • A self-assessment to help you take stock of your organization’s current status


Prepared by Alexander Fink, Founder & Managing Partner, Metecon GmbH

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Table of Contents

Three Questions Answered in the Briefing

Where do dependencies arise?

When a requirement changes, the affected products, markets, evidence, and processes must be identifiable. This briefing highlights which connections are often overlooked and how you can tell when knowledge is too heavily dependent on individual people.

How can we continue to make decisions?

Regulatory decisions must be made even when not all information is available. Six key questions help us collectively assess known facts, outstanding issues, the urgency of action, and areas of responsibility.

Where should you start?

Using four stress tests and a self-assessment, you can identify the areas where your organization is currently losing a significant amount of time or context. This will make it clearer whether the next step involves knowledge, responsibilities, processes, or the connections between them.

Regulatory Resilience

Questions About the Executive Briefing and Download

What does regulatory resilience mean for manufacturers of medical devices and IVDs?

Regulatory resilience describes the ability to make well-informed decisions and act in a controlled manner even under changing conditions. This becomes important, for example, when requirements change, additional documentation is needed, a key specialist is unavailable, or a critical post-market signal arises. It is crucial to identify the affected products, markets, and processes, compile the necessary information, and clarify responsibilities.
How can we use stress tests and self-assessment as a team?

Use the four stress tests as a basis for discussion with the relevant departments. Work together to assess how your organization would respond in the situations described and where information, knowledge, or responsibilities might be lacking. The self-assessment complements this analysis with statements that you rate as “Yes,” “Partially,” or “No.” It serves as an initial assessment of your current status and can help identify areas for improvement.
How do I get the Executive Briefing?

Fill out the form on this page. You will then receive an email with a link to the PDF. You can download the briefing, access it again later, and share it with your colleagues. If you don't receive the email, please check your spam folder.