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PHILIPPINES: PFDA Shared CMDN Requirement Extension and Drafts for Abridged Route and Emerging COVID-19 products – May 2022

PHILIPPINES: PFDA Shared CMDN Requirement Extension and Drafts for Abridged Route and Emerging COVID-19 products – May 2022

  • 2022-05-26 13:57:18

PFDA extended the CMDN Requirement of Class B-D Non-Registrable products until March 2023. This will allow continue selling of the affected products in the country using a License to Operate as the requirement. In addition, PFDA shared draft regulations pertaining to the earlier released Abridged Route Evaluation and COVID-19 products using new technologies.

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PHILIPPINES: PFDA Released Draft Documents regarding IVD regulation– February 2022

PHILIPPINES: PFDA Released Draft Documents regarding IVD regulation– February 2022

  • 2022-02-18 08:32:17

PFDA released draft document of the updated guidelines for in-vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVD) certification. This new regulation will conform to the risk-based classification of the ASEAN medical device directive (AMDD). A tentative list of registrable IVDs together with a revised set of requirements to register COVID-19 Test Kits was also released on a separate document.

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SINGAPORE:  HSA Announced Draft Regulatory Guidelines for Classification of Standalone Medical Mobile Applications (SaMD) and Qualification of Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS) – August, 2021

SINGAPORE: HSA Announced Draft Regulatory Guidelines for Classification of Standalone Medical Mobile Applications (SaMD) and Qualification of Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS) – August, 2021

  • 2021-08-26 12:40:18

HSA released a draft guideline for consultation on the classification of Standalone Medical Mobile Applications and Qualification of Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS) based on similar guidance released by IMDRF for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) This guideline provides information on the qualification of CDSS as MDs as well as the regulatory approach for such.

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TAIWAN: New  Draft on “Requirements for Indicating the Unique Device Identifier on Medical Device Labels"

TAIWAN: New Draft on “Requirements for Indicating the Unique Device Identifier on Medical Device Labels"

  • 2020-12-23 02:01:32

TFDA has recently announced a 3-stage schedule of implementing UDI system on labels of medical devices. Starting from June 1st, 2021, class 3 implantable medical devices are the first round of products that are required to comply with this regulation; followed by class 3 non-implantable medical devices starting from June 1st, 2022, and finally, class 2 medical devices starting from June 1st, 2023.

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