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National Health Commission Issues Document! New Opportunities for These Medical Devices: Ultrasound, Testing...

2020-01-06

On January 3, the National Health Commission issued the "Notice on Issuing the Basic Standards for Medical Institutions Carrying Out Prenatal Screening Technology and the Basic Standards for Medical Institutions Carrying Out Prenatal Diagnosis Technology", which put forward specific requirements for the basic standards for medical institutions carrying out prenatal screening technology and the basic standards for medical institutions carrying out prenatal diagnosis technology. The market for ultrasound, testing, biochemical analysis, and telemedicine equipment will usher in new opportunities. In terms of the requirements set for the "Basic Standards for Medical Institutions Carrying Out Prenatal Screening Technology", it requires the establishment of obstetrics and gynecology, ultrasound, and testing departments, as well as a medical ethics committee. It also requires the ability to provide clinical consultation, midwifery services, and prenatal ultrasound screening.

The Golden Decade of Domestic Medical Devices: Mindray Medical Forges a High-End Chinese Manufacturing Brand with 'Artisan Spirit'

2020-01-02

The medical device industry involves multiple fields, including biology, chemistry, electronics, mechanics, materials, and optics. It is a high-tech industry characterized by multidisciplinary crossovers, knowledge intensity, and capital intensity. High-value consumables, in-vitro diagnostics, and high-end medical equipment, sub-segments within this industry, boast high technological content and high profit margins, representing key competitive areas for major technological powers and large multinational corporations. In the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's medical device industry has undergone a remarkable journey, progressing from nothing to a position of catching up and even surpassing others. Since the implementation of reform and opening up, China's medical device industry has experienced rapid growth, with a gradually more complete range of products and steadily improving quality standards.

Xiaomi ventures into the medical device industry, entering the market with medical equipment

2019-12-31

Lei Jun's ambition is not limited to the mobile phone field. Cooperating with medical equipment companies to sell medical devices. Recently, according to Sina Finance, investors asked Jiuan Medical, "Does your company's iHealth cooperate with Xiaomi in smartwatches and other wearable devices?" Jiuan Medical responded that the iHealth Brand introduced Xiaomi as a strategic investor, obtaining a US$25 million (approximately RMB 175 million) investment, becoming Xiaomi's partner in the health field. At the same time, Jiuan Medical stated that in terms of products, it will gradually launch blood pressure monitors, blood glucose meters, and thermometers through the Xiaomi platform.

13 Major Changes Facing the Medical Device Industry in 2020!

2019-12-30

2020, A More Exciting Year for the Medical Device Industry National-level Consumables Blacklist Imminent On July 31, 2019, the State Council issued the "Reform Program for the Governance of High-Value Medical Consumables," requiring strengthened standardized management of high-value medical consumables, clarifying the scope of governance, and focusing on high-value medical consumables with relatively high unit prices and resource consumption ratios. It also requires the completion of the first batch of key governance lists before the end of 2019, under the responsibility of the National Health Commission and the National Medical Insurance Bureau. It is important to note that although the aforementioned document requires completion of the first batch of lists by the end of the year, it remains uncertain whether they will be published by year-end. However,

2020 Medical Device Industry Chain Analysis: Relatively Mature Upstream Development of Medical Devices

2019-12-26

Medical devices refer to instruments, apparatus, appliances, in-vitro diagnostic reagents and calibrators, materials, and other similar or related articles, including the necessary computer software, used directly or indirectly on the human body. Their efficacy is primarily achieved through physical means, not through pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic means, or although these means are involved, they only play a supporting role. The purpose is the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease; the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation, or functional compensation of injury; the testing, replacement, regulation, or support of physiological structure or physiological processes; the support or maintenance of life; pregnancy control.

Wuhan advances towards becoming the 'fourth pole' of domestic medical devices; Mindray Medical settles in Optics Valley

2019-12-25

On December 24, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., China's largest medical device research and development and manufacturing enterprise, officially settled in the Optical Valley Biomedical City Medical Device Park with the registration and establishment of Wuhan Mindray Medical Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. This is Mindray's ninth R&D center globally. Mindray Wuhan Research Institute covers approximately 110 mu (approximately 7.3 hectares), with a fixed asset investment of 1.3 billion yuan. Its main focus areas include biomaterial and reagent R&D, surgical equipment R&D, big health technology R&D, as well as five major sectors: a global service support center and an engineering technology transformation center. Upon completion, the workforce is expected to be approximately 2,000 employees, including high-end research

The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has released guiding principles for the conditional approval of medical devices.

2019-12-24

On December 20, the website of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a notice. To implement the opinions of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council on deepening the reform of the review and approval system and encouraging innovation in drugs and medical devices, to address the clinical treatment needs of serious life-threatening diseases, and to accelerate the review and approval of relevant medical devices, the NMPA has organized and formulated the Guiding Principles for Conditional Approval of Medical Devices, which are now released. Appendix: Guiding Principles for Conditional Approval of Medical Devices To implement the opinions of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council on deepening the reform of the review and approval system and encouraging innovation in drugs and medical devices,
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