China – Update: Class I medical device filing rules, UDI standards
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has amended guidance on record filing requirements for low-risk Class I medical devices in order to reflect broader...
India – Indian regulators add to list of medical device testing laboratories
Indian regulators have updated their list of organizations qualifying as Medical Device Testing Laboratories (MDTLs), adding three entities to perform testing and evaluation of...
South Korea – Updates: Innovative device designations, IVD Act enforcement
Regulators in South Korea have issued two recent revisions to medical device and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) registration and approval requirements of note for...
Australia – Update: Medical device UDI implementation, Essential Principles guidance
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia’s medical device market regulatory entity, has issued several updates regarding Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulations, Essential Principles compliance...
Japan – Japan’s MHLW updates medical device program display code and labeling laws
Japan’s medical device regulators have updated regulations and implementation guidelines for enforcement of the PMD Act and bar code labeling laws. Manufacturers should become...
Singapore – HSA to commence Phase I implementation of UDI labeling in November 2022
Singapore’s medical device market regulator, the Health Services Authority (HSA), has issued a notification indicating that Phase I implementation of its Unique Device Identification...
South Korea – South Korea rules on emergency production and distribution of medical products
Regulators in South Korea have introduced policies and procedures ordering the production and distribution of medical products during a public health emergency (PHE).
The Ministry...
Australia – TGA set to accept medical device assessments from Singapore’s HSA
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia’s medical device market regulator, has announced that it now recognizes Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) as a comparable...
South Korea – MFDS rules on medical device insurance and designated non-clinical testing institutions
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has announced updates to several medical device and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) regulations.
The announcements include:
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Malaysia – MDA publishes draft guidance on notification of custom-made medical devices
The Malaysian Medical Device Authority (MDA) has published draft guidance that provides requirements and a notification process for manufacturers to follow for custom products...
