The FDA is holding a public workshop: "Battery Powered Medical
Devices, Challenges and Opportunities" in Silver Spring, MD on 30-31
July 2013: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-05/html/2013-13244.htm?source=govdelivery
There are enormous changes coming for medical devices in the EU; CE
Marking is never going to be the same: http://ec.europa.eu/health/medical-devices/documents/revision/
Health Canada has recently updated their Quality System Framework for
compliance and enforcement: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/compli-conform/activit/qsf-csq-eng.php
New regulatory guidelines from the land down under! Australia TGA has
published updates for Prescription Medicines: http://www.tga.gov.au/newsroom/media-2013-argpm-130603.htm and for biological: http://www.tga.gov.au/industry/biologicals-standards.htm