This is the first ever directory on Indian medical device companies. This Indian medical device directory has been compiled and verified by Pacific Bridge Medical. This directory provides contact information and company profiles for 242 credible India based medical device manufacturers, distributors... Read More
China’s State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice in early November 2012 establishing new guidelines for its Administrative Punishment Law as applied to medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. While local Chinese authorities are given increased decision power in the severity of... Read More
Singapore has experienced explosive growth in its medical technology industry over the last decade, growing from about US$750 million in 2000 to over US$4 billion in 2012. This growth, coupled with Singapore’s highly educated, high-tech workforce, has led to significant new medical... Read More
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) is aiming to revise the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (PAA) to expedite the approval of for tissue-engineered medical products (TEPs). The MHLW is considering a new system that would create an exception for TEPs in... Read More
The Food and Administration of the Philippines (PFDA) is undergoing radical restructuring to improve its services starting in 2013. As a result, the PFDA stopped receiving applications for the procedures listed below on December 1, 2012, and it is expected to resume... Read More
Japan’s three major causes of death for years have been cancer, heart disease, and hypertension (cerebrovascular disease). However, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare revealed that in 2011, pneumonia had supplanted hypertension as the third leading cause of death in the... Read More
Starting next year, Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) will increase its capacity to provide medical companies with face-to-face regulatory strategy consulting. As of September 2012, the PMDA has handled about 50 face-to-face pre-consultation sessions per year, and it intends to... Read More
China reached second place in the overall volume of both surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures and total number of plastic surgeons in the country, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons’ (ISAPS) latest global survey. China accounted for nearly 13%... Read More
The Indonesian government stepped up implementation of a multibillion dollar plan, proposed in late 2011, that would grant health insurance to all citizens beginning in 2014. Under the current system, called Jamkesmas, only 64% of the Indonesian population has health insurance. The... Read More
Beginning August 31, 2012, the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) will require medical device manufacturers in Korea to disclose more product information to the public. The KFDA has prepared a guideline on information that needs to be disclosed for medical devices.... Read More