• 2025-12-26 02:17:11

The Hong Kong Department of Health (DH) is enhancing its medical device procurement strategy under MDACS. Following the implementation of Stage B on 1st November 2024, DH will introduce Stage C which will take effect on 23 March 2026. Under this enhanced measure, all applicable medical devices classified as Class II-IV or B-D procured by DH must be listed under MDACS. This policy aims to strengthen public health protection by ensuring the safety, quality and performance of medical devices used in public healthcare facilities, while also promoting wider adoption of MDACS in preparation for future statutory regulation.

• 2024-09-17 05:14:36

Hong Kong's Department of Health will be implementing an enhanced two-staged strategy following the previous phase, to prioritize Medical Device Administrative Control System (MDACS)-listed medical devices in public healthcare facilities procurement. This article outlines the new requirements, and how to navigate the impacts.

• 2023-07-21 02:49:56

Hong Kong's Department of Health will adopt a new strategy taking effect on 21 June 2023, to give preference to medical devices (MD) listed under the Medical Device Administrative Control System (MDACS) in the procurement of all applicable medical devices.

• 2020-11-26 03:47:29

In 2020, National Public Procurement Agency (in Indonesia known as LKPP) has opened E-katalog registration for domestic medical device products and several medical products for handling Covid-19. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there are several stages in the E-katalog registration process which is carried out online, namely verification / clarification process. However, the price negotiation stage is still carried out face to face. There is also a possibility that e-katalog registration for imported medical products will be opened around this year.

• 2020-06-16 07:02:42

COVID-19 outbreak causes the need for medical devices to be in very high demand. Therefore, IAPI (Association of Indonesian Procurement Experts) together with PERSI (Association of Hospitals throughout Indonesia) has provided an emergency medical equipment information system to handle the procurement and donation throughout Indonesia.

• 2020-02-12 15:03:41

In Malaysia, medical devices procurement by local healthcare institutions are heavily controlled in order to make sure the supplied medical devices are safe and efficient. For starters, there are many procurement methods, depending on the product’s market value.

• 2020-02-14 07:39:50

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has recently issued guidelines for implementation of Public Procurement Order No. 17 (PPO) in an aim to mandate procuring entities to make local suppliers as their priority purchase preference for medical devices,