This article was also published on MedTech Intelligence As one of the fastest developing regions in the world, Asia’s strong economic growth, coupled with its burgeoning middle class, has led to greater demand for better healthcare service. Over the next five years,... Read More
Malaysia’s Medical Device Authority (MDA) has extended the deadline for expedited medical device registrations by one year to June 30, 2016. As reported in a previous news brief, device registration was originally slated to become mandatory in Malaysia as of July 1,... Read More
越来越多的东南亚国家 – 包括马来西亚、泰国、柬埔寨和印度尼西亚 – 现在为本国公民提供基本的医疗保障。这一趋势导致了医疗器械、药品和诊断试剂盒和试剂需求的快速增加，有利于西方企业在这一地区市场推广他们的产品。 例如，印尼在2014年1月启动了全民医疗保险体系。计划至2019年讲全面实施，覆盖约2.5亿的印度尼西亚公民。政府将增建150家公立医院，预计也将同时促进私人诊所的建设。实施的第一年已经看到了病人数量和医疗支出的爆发性增长。 Read More
Over the last few months, many foreign device companies have registered in Malaysia via the transition list. If foreign companies are not on this transition list by June 30, 2015 they will not be able to sell their devices in Malaysia for... Read More
A growing number of nations in Southeast Asia – including Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia – now offer basic medical coverage to their citizens. This trend is leading to fast expanding demand for medical devices, drugs, and diagnostic test kits and reagents,... Read More
More and more Western medical device and diagnostics firms are choosing to conduct clinical trials in Asian countries. This trend is expected to grow over the next decade. Western companies are in particular expanding clinical trial operations to Japan, China, South Korea,... Read More
By June 30, 2015, foreign medical device manufacturer products must be on Malaysia’s transition list to be sold in Malaysia. In addition, in February of 2015, the Malaysia Medical Device Authority (MDA) published a draft guidance for a proposed system of post-market... Read More
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This presentation provides an overview of the Asian medical device markets and covers important regulatory issues for specific Asian countries, including China, Japan, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. To view these presentation slides, please click on Asia Medical Device Markets Overview Presentation ... Read More
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