• 2020-12-23 02:21:33

MDA has announced a new search database, Medical Device Authority Register (MDAR).

• 2020-05-12 08:20:00

A new guidance document on this has been issued with the requirements to be followed: All orphaned, obsolete and discontinued medical device still in active use must now be notified with MDA.

• 2020-04-14 08:36:06

Malaysia makes efforts to keep the Covid-19 outbreak contained in the country. Medical Device Authority issued a few more important advisories.

• 2020-03-16 06:31:12

In a latest announcement, MDA has announced that unregistered face masks shall henceforth be placed in the market via a Special Access route.

• 2020-05-06 05:10:35

In a recently issued revised guideline on How to Apply for Medical Device Registration Under Medical Device Act 2012 (Act 737), MDA specified that it can drop an ongoing application from MeDC@St system if it exceeds a 90 days stop-clock-time and any new applications which do not conform to requirements specified will be rejected, non-refundable.

• 2020-05-06 03:06:32

MDA has launched a new web-portal, replacing the old one and a new Feedback Management System (FEMES). These new web-portal and FEMES system have been introduced to provide better information delivery and take note of customer feedbacks more effectively.

• 2020-05-05 06:40:46

MDA has issued a new guidance document on how to bring in special-access devices for specific purposes into Malaysia. MDA defines special access medical device as medical device for the use of medical practitioners in emergency situations or in the event that conventional medical treatment has failed, is unavailable or unsuitable.

• 2020-05-05 06:26:29

MDA has issued a draft guidance document for getting an exemption for export-only medical devices from registration requirement. This draft is open for public comment and the official document is expected to be released soon.

• 2020-02-12 14:25:26

At the end of September 2018, Medical Device Authority (MDA) had introduced two search engines/databases for the public-use. On a first glance, they look similar to the medical device database of Singapore HSA’s Singapore Medical Device Register (SMDR) but the working mechanism and output are different.

• 2020-02-13 06:02:57

It has been earlier established that Medical Device Authority (MDA) and National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of Malaysia will start to regulate drug-medical device and medical device-drug combination products together, starting July 1st, 2019.