• 2024-05-07 08:47:38

Thai FDA has replaced its previous criteria for evaluating medical devices via expedited routes with new guidelines published in 2024. The aim is to streamline the evaluation process for Licensed and Notified medical devices (Class 2,3,4) while ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety. The announcement outlines criteria, documents required, and regulatory procedures for the Concise Evaluation and Reliance Program routes under expedited route review.

• 2024-04-03 09:01:31

Enforced from January 5, 2025, the official gazetting of the 'Good Criteria and Practice for Importing and Selling of Medical Devices 2023', marks a significant milestone in Thailand's medical device regulations.

• 2023-05-24 07:15:51

The applicable expedited route from the Thai FDA supplies much-needed clarity for manufacturers, allowing them to better forecast the potential impact on timelines and costs for certain products. The selection of expedited routes allows applicants to comply according to their medical device approval status.

• 2023-03-27 08:27:31

Thai FDA announces 'Thailand FDA - WHO Collaborative Registration Procedure (CRP) for in vitro diagnostics (IVDs)', an expedited medical device registration program aimed at reducing the time required for manufacturers and importers to register their products. The program officially commenced on December 28, 2022, onward.

• 2023-02-23 01:23:58

Thai FDA has published a guidance, which aims to assist the justification status of Software as Medical Device (SaMD) as well as its risk classification for Thai FDA registration.

• 2023-01-19 01:28:15

As we are easing into the first quarter of 2023, we are thus simultaneously entering into the last phase of Thai FDA grace period regarding the transition to the risk-classification approach. Thus, Thai FDA has published a summary of the medical device categories on their official website instructing medical device registration via Full CSDT submission and Partial 2 Submission route.

• 2022-12-27 05:30:57

To promote an effective reviewing procedure, Thai FDA granted that therapeutic medical devices shall be classified and registered under Listing (Class 1 medical device), in effect from 3rd December 2022 onward.

• 2022-11-29 01:33:07

During quarter 4 of 2022, Thai FDA has announced the registration certificate renewal protocol and procedures. Medical devices with specific announcements for which CSDT have been practiced under the old policy-based regulation, will expire on 31st December 2022 and shall timely proceed with license renewal accordingly.

• 2022-09-27 07:39:04

In order for Thai FDA’s quality control to conquer approval certificate issuance ratio, Thai FDA respectively announced a new E-Submission procedures governing Listing Medical Device, Notified Medical Device, and Licensed Medical Device applications (with exemption of class 1 auto approval), which has been effective since 1st August 2022.

• 2022-06-29 02:30:03

The termination of Thai FDA's "Pre-Submission" resulted in the establishment of a new route to determine product risk classification and medical device grouping via the E-submission system.