A total of 267 of class II medical devices/equipment and 92 in class III have been added to the list of devices that are exempt from clinical trials in China. The number of products in this second batch of exemptions, announced [Chinese text] in late September by the China Food and Drug Administration, is slightly more than in the draft exemption list, which was released in May 2016. (Also see "China Renews List of Devices Exempt From Clinical Trials" - Medtech Insight, 10 June, 2016.)
The final list is longer following feedback from the industry, ARQon consultant May Ng told Medtech Insight. "They have exempted...





