China Association for Medical Devices Industry (CAMDI) - CAMDI Attending the Eighth China International Medical Device Regulatory Forum

The eighth China International Medical Device Regulatory Forum (CIMDR) was inaugurated on August 16, 2017 in Hangzhou. Jiao Hong, the deputy director of China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), attended the meeting and made a speech.

Jiao Hong, Deputy Director of CFDA, gave the instruction

Jiao Hong pointed out that over the years, the innovation of global medical devices has been undergoing rapid development and has become an important force to lead the transformation of medical models and drive medical progress in diagnosis and treatment technology. CFDA carries on its shoulders the important mission of guaranteeing the safety of medical devices used by the people, and actively pushes forward the reform of the evaluation and approval system for medical devices. It has made promising achievements in aspects such as improving the quality and efficiency of the evaluation and approval and encouraging the innovation and research for new products and new technologies. Next steps would be proceeding to deepen the reform, reinforcing the management of the full life cycle of medical devices, ensuring that enterprises fulfill their legal liabilities in the full process full lifecycle covering design and development, clinic test, production and sales, product recall and report on negative incidents, and effectively guaranteeing the safety of medical devices.

During the Forum, principals from the Department of Medical Device Registration, Department of Medical Device Supervision, Department of International Cooperation, Center for Medical Device Standard Management, Center for Drug Reevaluation, Center for Medical Device Evaluation and Center for Acceptance of Administrative Affairs and Complaint and Reporting of China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) interpreted the policies on the supervision of China’s medical devices and the status of international cooperation. Principals from medical device supervision authorities from the USA, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Japan, etc. set forth the progress of medical device supervision in these countries and regions. Experts within the industry from China and other countries and regions shared their understandings and practical experiences on global supervision laws and regulations. Aside from the general meeting, centering on hot issues within the industry, 16 sub-forums were also set up for the Forum, including sub-forums on clinic test for medical devices, supervision, management and review of post-marketed medical devices, risk management and negative incidents of medical devices, biological evaluation for medical devices and technical innovation and product for medical devices. Over 300 representatives of medical device supervision authorities and technical institutions from China and other countries and regions as well as over 700 representatives from the industry attended the Forum.

The Forum was sponsored by China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange (CCFDIE) and organized by Center for Medical Device Evaluation. The Forum has been held for 8 sessions and is becoming increasingly influential. It built an amazing platform where supervision policies and experiences for medical devices in China and in other countries are shared, information on innovative development of the industry is exchanged and friendship is strengthened, and playing an important role in international communication and cooperation in China in the field of medical device supervision and driving the innovative development of the medical device industry.

Dr. Fan Xiaodong, Standing Vice-Chairman of CAMDI, gave his speech

As one of the co-organizers, China Association for Medical Devices Industry was invited to attend the Forum. Dr. Fan Xiaodong, Standing Vice-Chairman of CAMDI, made a keynote speech entitled “The Medical Device Industry in the Wave of the Great Revolution” for the Forum. Xu Shan, Secretary-General of CAMDI, was also invited to attend the Forum on behalf of CAMDI.

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CAMDI Attending the Eighth China International Medical Device Regulatory Forum

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