On November 27, 2023, Taiwan issued an amendment to the – Regulations Governing Issuance of Medical Device License, Listing, and Annual Declaration. Medical device registration in Taiwan includes two separate applications – 1. a dossier on the product and 2. a Quality... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Companion diagnostics (CDx) plays a pivotal role in personalized medicine—one of the fastest-growing areas of medicine. Regulation of CDx is fairly well established in Western countries, but the East is not far behind. Here... Read More
Taiwan is Asia’s 6th largest drug market with many Western drug companies selling their products there. However, similar to many other drug markets around the world, Taiwan wants to reduce drug prices and government health expenditures. Accordingly, in mid-September, Taiwan’s National Health... Read More
A recent report by Bain & Company and APACMed (a MedTech trade association located in Singapore) has issued a report on Asian MedTech companies’ growing appetite for ESG initiatives. According to this report, the Asia region has doubled its ESG policies compared... Read More
According to a recent market research report by Triton Market Research, Asia’s CDX market was valued at $1.4 billion in 2022 and is likely to grow to $3.85 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 13%. While CDX growth has already accelerated... Read More
Contact us today for a free consultation with a Taiwan regulatory affairs consultant to discuss your specific needs. History and Overview The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) was established on January 1, 2010. The establishment of the TFDA followed the enactment... Read More
While telemedicine is now common in the West, it is also now growing in Asia. Some Asian countries recently outlined new telemedicine regulations. For example, Taiwan’s MOH recently announced draft amendments to their initial telemedicine regulation of 2018. Originally, telemedicine was to... Read More
While still behind the US and EU CDx markets to date, over the next 5 years, more and more CDx’s will be registered and used for precision medicine in Asia. Drug companies doing clinical trials and launching new drugs in Asia will... Read More
On February 14, the Taiwan FDA (TFDA) promulgated new regulations for Class 2 and Class 3 medical devices. For these devices, a UDI code needs to be stamped on the outer frame of every packed medical device. For very small devices, the... Read More