Medical devices which employ artificial intelligence and machine learning will be subject to new inspection and registration guidelines in Taiwan, according to directives published in October by Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration. The new structures are designed to ensure that medical device... Read More
Fees to register and obtain licenses for the sale of medical devices in Taiwan will increase next year, the country’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) announced in August. Under the new fee structure, registration fees for Class I devices will increase from... Read More
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
Seeking to align Taiwan’s pharmaceutical clinical practice methods with international standards, the nation’s top health safety agency is strengthening its protocols for review and approval of new drugs. Starting July 1, 2021, Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that... Read More
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
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
Facing widespread outcry from medical providers, government health authorities have scrapped a plan to limit how much hospitals and clinics could charge patients for certain medical devices. The policy set to go into effect August 1 would have capped maximum allowable consumer... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence While the United States and EU claim to have the top health products and systems in the world, some Asian countries have solved the pandemic problem better than the West. In these Asian markets,... Read More
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