Asia Reg News: AHWP Catch-Up, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam Updates

Part 1 of this month’s Asian Medtech Associations Regulatory Networking discussions features Asean medtech market developments and Asian Harmonization Working Party news. Part 2 was a guest presentation on the current Brexit and EU IVDR outlook. This feature is hosted by Medtech Insight, the Asia Regulatory and Quality Consultancy (ARQon) and the Asia Regulatory Professionals Association (ARPA).

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The recent Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) technical committee (TC) leaders conference was hosted in April by the current chair, Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh. The next annual AHWP meeting is scheduled for the Sultanate of Oman, on 11-14 November, an event that offers a good platform for networking with regional regulatory professionals, as well and as providing knowledge updates.

At the meeting of the TC, addressed by Sasikala Devi Thangavelu of the Malaysian Medical Device Authority (MDA), there was...

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