• 2021-10-27 06:28:50

PFDA published the list of Value Added Tax (VAT) Exempted Medical Devices affected by the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act. CREATE Act affects tax and other financial implications for corporations most especially for pharmaceutical and medical device importers, manufacturers, and distributors.

• 2021-09-29 02:11:24

MDA wants to advise any organization interested to import and distribute the Covid-19 Self-Test Kit for the Malaysian market to apply through the Conditional Approval Application with MDA.

• 2021-09-29 00:18:14

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has recently approved the import permit exemption of 24 additional Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) related Medical Device(s), for donation purposes.

• 2021-08-26 11:57:56

The MDA has published new guidelines for temporary conditional approval for the COVID-19 self-test kit (COVID-19 RTK), which explains the application procedure and requirements that need to be followed by the establishment.

• 2021-06-25 12:32:37

While the channel of distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine under the conditional approval scheme is rigorously controlled by the Thai FDA, a fast-track approval route was launched exclusively for more COVID-19 products even under the implementation of risk-classification regulation.

• 2021-06-25 12:15:56

The Indonesian Ministry of Health announced that Approved Import Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen Covid-19 (RDT-Ag) which have not fulfil WHO Emergency Used Listing (EUL) recommendations, US-FDA Emergency Used Authorization (EUA) recommendations, or European Medicine Agency (EMA) recommendations and Approved Local Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen Covid-19 (RDT-Ag) which is not tested by Standard of National Institute of Health Research and Development of the Ministry of Health or an independent institution designated by the Ministry of Health are directed to conduct validation tests at laboratories that have been appointed by the Ministry of Health. This is stipulated on an announcement on February 15, 2021.

• 2021-05-22 04:20:30

PFDA shared the updated procedure for the issuance of special certification for COVID-19 test kits following recent guidance for minimum performance requirements of different types of COVID-19 Test Kits.

• 2021-04-26 01:41:13

The Indonesian Ministry of Health announced that Approved Import Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen Covid-19 (RDT-Ag) which have not fulfil WHO Emergency Used Listing (EUL) recommendations, US-FDA Emergency Used Authorization (EUA) recommendations, or European Medicine Agency (EMA) recommendations and Approved Local Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen Covid-19 (RDT-Ag) which is not tested by Standard of National Institute of Health Research and Development of the Ministry of Health or an independent institution designated by the Ministry of Health are directed to conduct validation tests at laboratories that have been appointed by the Ministry of Health. This is stipulated on an announcement on February 15, 2021.

• 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.

• 2020-08-13 09:07:56

Covid-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of the medical device markets drastically. In this article, we explore the shifts in supply and demand and bring up an overview of the key areas that have either been positively or negatively impacted.