Global regulatory is becoming a very strategic problem for medical device companies. The landscape has become more complex as each agency has matured in their requirements. These continuously evolve and the change to them and change to products must be considered continuously to determine if re-filing is required.

This makes the difference between being able to sell hips, catheters and MRI machines in China, EU, Brazil, Argentina, etc. A PLM centric approach can enable companies to accelerate registration in those regions. This equates to massive revenue opportunities.

This is enabled by having a single copy of the submission data that is accessible in collaborative environment and can be quickly and reliably reused between regions.