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This article needs to be updated.The reason given is: there was a significant revision to Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act (PMD Act) in December 4, 2019 (令和 元 年12月 4日) and certain articles in this revised PMD Act took effect April 1, 2020, September 1, 2020, and August 1, 2021; other articles will take effect Dec. 1, 2022 (see also: https://www.natlawreview.com ...
The Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) was “a voluntary group of representatives from national medical device regulatory authorities (such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)) and the members of the medical device industry” [1] whose goal was the standardization of medical device regulation across the world.
Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) is a system of internationally agreed generic descriptors used to identify all medical device products. This nomenclature is a naming system for products which include those used for the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease or injury in humans.
This article needs to be updated.The reason given is: the section related to E.U. needs further updates (esp. in sections 3.2 and 4.2.2) as the directives 93/42/EEC on medical devices and 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices have been fully repealed on 26 May 2021 by Regulation (EU) no. 2017/745 (MDR); furthermore, Brexit triggers updates in these sections (U.K. developed their own ...
Substance-based medical devices encompass a varied array of products that fall under the purview of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR). Based on their intended purpose, they are classified according to rule 21 ("Devices composed of substances that are introduced via a body orifice or applied to the skin") of Annex VIII of the MDR .
The International Classification of Disease is the most widely recognized medical classification. Maintained by the World Health Organization , [30] its primary purpose is to categorise diseases for morbidity and mortality reporting.
The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System is intended to assign a unique identifier to medical devices within the United States, Europe, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. [1] It was signed into law in the US on September 27, 2007, as part of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (Section 226) of 2007 .
Medicines in Norway are regulated by the Norwegian Medical Products Agency. Drugs are divided into five groups: Class A. Narcotics, sedative-hypnotics, and amphetamines in this class require a special prescription form: morphine and its immediate family, heroin, desomorphine, nicomorphine;