[Better medical devices regulations for better health care: enlightenment for medical devices regulatory reform in China, from experiences of the E.U. and the U.S.A].
The expansion of applications of medical devices has attracted the increased attention of government regulatory bodies around the world to the safety and effectiveness of these products. Most developed countries, such as the United States and European Union, have developed well-established regulatory systems for medical devices, which have also consistently been amended to accommodate the changing requirements of safety and the trend of globalization.The current "Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Device (China)", established in 2000, has brought about great improvements for the safety and effectiveness of products, safeguarding public health. But there are still, at present, a lot of counterfeit and poor quality devices and device-related adverse events for lack of powerful post -market and in-use regulatory controls for products. It is therefore very urgent for the Chinese government to reform its medical device administration and management. This research paper analyses and compares the different requirements and executions of medical devices regulations in the EU, the US and China, to draw some experiences of the EU and US regimes that are very useful to China's regulatory reform. It is suggested that when developing a new scheme of medical devices regulatory reform in China, two prominent aspects have to be considered by policy makers and regulators. Firstly, the global trend of medical devices regulations has to be taken into account. Secondly, the experiences learned from the EU and US systems should be applied to the Chinese regulatory reform in combination with the concrete practice of China.
Sun
Qin
Q
Medical Devices Registration Department, Shanghai Municipal Food & Drug Administration.
Yan
Liang
L
D002681:China; D018795:Device Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards; D005062:European Union; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States