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With Diagnostics In High Demand During Pandemic, IVD Industry Expands Its Footprint In Asia
This article was originally published on Medtech Intelligence Fueled by an urgent need for diagnostic testing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market is experiencing explosive growth across Asia and around the globe. Already expanding for the past... Read More
Asia 2020 Device Regulatory Update
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence China In China, where the vast medical device market was valued at more than $40 billion in 2019, authorities have moved to secure the safety and efficacy of medical devices while at the same... Read More
Asian Governments, Private Sector Response to Pandemic Shows Opportunity, Challenge
This article was originally published on Medtech Intelligence Some Asian countries are racing to ease import restrictions for needed goods that could save lives. Also, the Asian private sector is unveiling a raft of new artificial intelligence, telehealth and data privacy technologies,... Read More
Singapore to speed and ease approval of devices for decontaminating respirators
Showing flexibility in the face of the needs presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities in Singapore are facilitating the approval of medical devices used to decontaminate respirators. In establishing the provisional authorization pathway for the Class C devices, the Health Sciences... Read More
Demand for in vitro diagnostic testing growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific
Aging populations and increased incidences of chronic diseases across the Asia-Pacific region are spurring rapid growth in demand for in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing. That presents major marketing opportunities for the diagnostics industry in China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. ... Read More
Clinical trial participation plunges worldwide, in Asia due to COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is hampering the initiation and progress of clinical trials in Asia and around the world. Few patients are entering studies, and trials of new treatments are on hold. In Korea, the number of new patients enrolling in clinical... Read More
New online portal expected to speed therapeutics applications in Singapore
Moving to further streamline and modernize its process for reviewing therapeutic products, the Therapeutic Products Branch of Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is instituting a new online documentation process. The new form will allow applicants to file registrations for multiple products through... Read More
In Many Asian Markets, Pandemic Making Telemedicine the New Normal
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. With the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering physician offices and walk-in clinics, patients and doctors across Asian markets have turned increasingly to telehealth solutions. The surge is creating a short-term boom—and the likelihood of a long-term... Read More
RAPS Wisconsin Chapter Webcast: Embracing The Growth – An Update on MedTech in Asia
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