• 2022-11-29 03:04:45

As based on Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare notice from September 20, 2022 the Essential Principles for certain Class II medical devices are amended.

• 2022-11-29 02:56:30

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that Japan's standard for medical device usability engineering (JIS T 62366-1) has been amended.

• 2022-11-29 01:55:34

PFDA issued FDA Circular No. 2022-008 that provides a guideline on the abridged process for registration of medical devices among ASEAN member countries.

• 2022-10-25 07:32:01

In Australia, the “Use of market authorisation evidence from comparable overseas regulators / assessment bodies for medical devices (including IVDs)” and the “Reduction of Assessment Fees for Medical Devices Guideline”, both outline specific situations in which the assessment procedures and the assessment costs for medical devices may be reduced.
The guideline provides details on the criteria and the eligibility for TGA to determine whether the process can be reduced for application audit assessments and conformity assessments involving medical devices (including IVDs).

• 2022-10-25 07:28:38

NMPA decided to start using electronic payment for drug and medical device registration fees.

• 2022-10-25 07:24:41

Requirements for pre-assessment of medical device / in vitro diagnostic medical device registration are revised by NMPA.

• 2022-10-25 07:05:56

This document provides borderline cases and classification cases, for which the competent authorities of the Member States find difficulty regarding the uniform application of the regulations.

• 2022-10-25 06:47:43

MDCG 2022-14 is aimed to propose solutions to improve the efficiency of application of the regulatory requirements, rather than reducing, avoiding or removing requirements, in particular in relation to safety.

• 2022-10-25 06:38:16

The MDA published the First Edition of the Guidance Document of the "Harmonized Classification of Medical Devices in ASEAN" (MDA/GD/0062) on September 5, 2022. This guidance document provides the harmonized list of risk classification of medical devices including in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices, based on their intended use or purpose as claimed by the manufacturer.

• 2022-10-25 03:34:27

To provide a better understanding of the classification of medical-related software devices, TFDA has updated the existing guidance with some examples of SaMD and non-SaMD software. This article provides you with a quick insight into defining medical-related software devices.