GenAI to Support Accurate Regulatory Affairs in MedTech

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Apply GenAI in MedTech Regulatory Affairs with human-in-the-loop oversight for core tasks. Smartbridge’s solution provides the right technical, business, and regulatory competencies with an in-house LLM/SLM to support Regulatory Affairs teams in MedTech.

Use Case Overview

Regulatory Affairs is a bottleneck for MedTech innovation. The faster a company can generate accurate, compliant submissions, the faster new devices reach patients. GenAI, when designed with strict oversight and compliance controls, becomes a force multiplier: reducing human workload, accelerating timelines, and cutting regulatory risk.

For MedTech leaders, this isn’t about replacing human expertise. It’s about augmenting teams with AI that ensures accuracy, consistency, and compliance while freeing people to focus on strategic decisions.

APPLICABLE CAPABILITIES:

Artificial Intelligence
Development
  • Accelerate regulatory submission preparation and review
  • Reduce errors in interpreting complex regulatory frameworks
  • Free RA teams from repetitive administrative tasks
  • Ensure compliance with U.S. FDA, EU MDR, and upcoming AI Act requirements

APPLICABLE SOLUTIONS:

Microsoft Azure
Microsoft AI
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft DevOps

Target Reduction:

4–6 months

Objective:

Time to prepare 510(k) / CE marking submission

Baseline before:
6–9 months

Target Reduction:

30–40% 

Objective:

Error or deficiency letters received

Baseline before:
Moderate frequency

Target Reduction:

50%

Objective:

Hours spent on document review & summaries

Baseline before:
Hundreds per project

Target:

Seconds or minutes

Objective:

Speed of retrieving regulatory guidance

Baseline before:
Hours or days

Target:

Shift 40%+ effort to strategic activities

Objective:

Staff time on repetitive RA tasks

Baseline before:
High

Strategic Business Goals Supported

  • Build a regulatory-aware LLM/SLM that supports patient care, medical research, and education by delivering accurate, explainable guidance.
  • Ensure proper human-in-the-loop design to maintain oversight and compliance.
  • Strengthen compliance posture with the AI Act, FDA, EMA, and other regulatory bodies.
  • Reduce the volume and complexity of manual RA work by enabling GenAI to retrieve, summarize, and structure technical documents.
  • Shorten submission timelines for new devices and components.
GenAI for MedTech Regulatory Affairs

Solution Capabilities

  • Native App for RA Teams: LLM solution built as a native app in Teams or other collaboration platforms. Puts regulatory support directly in the RA team’s workflow.

  • Key Technical & Data Privacy Controls: Models trained on internal data within corporate firewalls. Configurable to handle sensitive and proprietary device information securely.

  • Executive Summaries of Technical Documents: AI generates compliant, concise summaries of large technical files (clinical data, device specs, risk management documents).

  • Strategic Advice Layer: AI identifies which regulatory points have the highest impact on resource allocation and timelines. Provides suggestions for dossier structuring, market prioritization, and compliance strategy.

  • Advanced Information Retrieval: AI retrieves text, image, and tabular data from standards, prior submissions, and guidance documents. Outputs structured, validated responses with citations.

  • Compliance Monitoring & Risk Identification: AI scans draft submissions to flag gaps against FDA/EMA requirements.  Tracks risks for U.S. and European usage under the AI Act, with human sign-off required.

  • Continuous Learning Repository: Stores institutional knowledge from past submissions and feedback from regulators. Ensures RA teams don’t have to start from scratch with each filing.

Native App for RA Teams
Key Technical & Data Privacy Controls
Executive Summaries of Technical Documents
Strategic Advice Layer
Compliance Monitoring & Risk Identification
Continuous Learning Repository

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