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How Top IVDR Companies Are Building Compliance-Ready Teams for 2026

IVDR has changed what compliance looks like in diagnostics. What was once largely process-driven now depends on whether organisations have the right expertise in place to interpret requirements, generate evidence, and withstand Notified Body scrutiny. As transition deadlines approach, many companies are discovering that delays and risk aren’t caused by a lack of effort, but by gaps in capability. IVDR demands specialised regulatory, quality, and clinical skills and teams that can operate under tighter timelines and higher expectations. This guide examines how leading IVDR companies are responding: by aligning compliance planning with a clear talent strategy. It outlines what’s changed under IVDR, which roles have become critical, and why people's decisions now directly impact market access.

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Why IVDR Readiness Now Depends on People

Across Europe, a growing number of IVDR challenges trace back to resourcing, not regulation. With most IVDs now requiring Notified Body involvement, regulatory and quality workloads have increased sharply, exposing skill gaps in many organisations.

In areas like Regulatory Affairs, Quality Management, and Clinical Evidence generation, even small capability shortfalls can slow submissions, trigger additional questions, or extend review cycles. At the same time, experienced IVDR professionals are in short supply, making it harder to build or scale teams at speed.

This guide brings together insight from diagnostics leaders and compliance specialists to show how IVDR-ready organisations are structuring their teams differently focusing on the roles, experience, and resourcing models that enable progress without unnecessary delay.

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Why This Guide Will Transform Your Hiring Process

Understand which QA, RA, clinical, and manufacturing roles are essential under IVDR, and how leading companies structure responsibility to avoid gaps, bottlenecks, and burnout.

Learn how experienced IVDR talent helps prevent common submission issues, from weak clinical evidence to QMS shortcomings that trigger extended Notified Body reviews.

Gain insight into why IVDR specialists are so difficult to hire, what realistic hiring timelines look like, and how organisations are adapting their recruitment strategies in a tight market.

Explore when it makes sense to hire long-term leaders, when contractors can unblock urgent challenges, and how to combine both without losing control of compliance.

See how diagnostics companies that invest early in the right people not only meet IVDR requirements, but build stronger, more scalable organisations for the years ahead.

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