• 2021-01-19 02:48:31

A new policy initiative recently agreed between the Hong Kong and China Mainland governments proposes to allow Hong Kong-listed medical devices and drugs to be sold to Hong Kong-owned medical institutions within the Greater Bay Area without prior NMPA registration.

• 2021-01-19 02:38:54

NMPA's newly released Guiding Principles explain the general, principled and forward-looking requirements for the application of real-world data of medical devices in clinical evaluation.

• 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 10:54:11

Thai FDA has recently announced a list of standards to be complied by disposable surgical masks, upon making a set of COVID-19 related medical devices announcement.

• 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 01:55:33

Ministry of Public Health has introduced a new guidance document regarding labelling of medical devices to be registered and sold in Thailand. This is to ensure consumers safety, as well as distributing accurate and sufficient medical device information.

• 2020-12-23 07:07:34

The Vietnam Ministry of Health has issued Circular No. 14/2020/TT-BYT dated 10 July 2020 (“Circular No. 14“), which regulates various aspects of the bidding process of medical devices for public health establishments. This circular took effect on 1 September 2020.

• 2020-12-23 02:21:33

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

• 2020-12-23 02:15:03

MDA has come up with a new guidance document incorporating the 2019 published Medical Device Advertisement Regulation.

• 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.