China Confirms Second Batch Of Device Clinical Trial Exemptions

Chinese regulators have added another 359 medical devices to the list of those not needing to undergo clinical investigation in China following feedback from the industry. This second batch of exemptions follows the initial list issued at the end of 2014.

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...

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