Multiregional medical device development: regulatory perspective

Tamura, A; Kutsumi, H

HERO ID

3044708

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2014

Language

English

PMID

26183624

HERO ID 3044708
In Press No
Year 2014
Title Multiregional medical device development: regulatory perspective
Authors Tamura, A; Kutsumi, H
Journal Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 7
Issue 2
Page Numbers 108-116
Abstract There are difficulties in conducting worldwide medical device development simultaneously because each country and/or region has their own medical device regulations. However, to aid globalization of the medical device market, and to quickly provide innovative medical devices to patients, attempts have been made to encourage harmonization and convergence of medical device regulations. 'Harmonization by doing' is a bilateral effort from the United States and Japan to develop global clinical trials and address regulatory barriers that may be impediments to timely device approval. The Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) was conceived in 1992 in an effort to achieve greater uniformity between national medical device regulatory systems. Since 2012, the GHTF has been replaced by the International Medical Device Regulators Forum.
Doi 10.1007/s12328-014-0478-2
Pmid 26183624
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Language Text English