• 2021-02-22 02:47:33

Recently the FDA has introduced 5 types of medical devices which can be submitted for evaluation using the latest Safety and Performance Based Pathway. With that, official guidance documents on performance criteria for these devices finally have been issued.

• 2021-02-22 02:20:12

This newest announcement is regarding the Device Defect or Adverse Event (AE) Report and Field Safety Corrective Action (FSCAs) Report. It targets to increase level of post-marketing surveillance by including the reporting of device defect or adverse event which occurred in foreign countries.

• 2021-02-19 08:45:21

NMPA has introduced important adjustments to the contents of the Classification Catalogue of Medical Devices for 28 classifications of medical devices, including management of 15 classifications of medical devices and catalogue contents of 13 classifications of medical devices.

• 2020-12-24 11:02:25

Thai FDA is committed to ensuring utmost standard, quality and safety of medical devices marketed in Thailand is consistently kept. Hence, they have announced a new medical device complaint channel, complaint record and management system for inspection. This decree is beneficial in providing assurance to consumer regarding safety and prevention of comparable adverse event in the future.

• 2020-12-24 02:53:02

A person who wishes to advertise a medical device in Thailand must obtain a medical device advertising license upon any medical devices marketing activity. Thai FDA had published further advertising announcement regarding the advertising specifications of medical devices that are exempted to proceed advertising license registration to conveniently advertise medical devices.

• 2020-12-24 01:44:02

Ministry of Public Health has announced that direct advertising to medical and public health practitioner are exempted from applying for advertising license,  for the convenience in advertising medical devices.

• 2020-12-23 07:24:48

The Ministry of Health has been issued a decree No. 117/2020/ND-CP dated September 28, 2020 on prescribing penalties for administrative violations in medical sector, effective from November 15, 2020.

• 2020-12-23 07:22:04

The Ministry of Health has issued Directive No. 20/CT-BYT dated October 1, 2020 on strengthening bidding to ensure competition, openness, transparency and efficiency in the health sector.

• 2020-11-26 10:42:10

The German-based “Society for Promotion of East West Knowledge Transfer” had invited the experts of Qualtech to share their knowledge on the Taiwan registration processes for medical devices and pharmaceutical products to a number of high-ranking and selected attendees. Within a 90-minute session held on November 10th, Qualtech guided participants through the different Taiwan certification procedures and further elaborated on the clinical requirements in place for pharmaceuticals.

• 2020-11-27 02:14:19

From October 19, 2020 to August 31, 2021, China will have a pilot run of electronic registration certificates issuance for medical devices. It will entail newly approved pre-market domestic Class III, foreign Class II and Class III medical devices.