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National Medical Products Administration: China's medical device standards system continues to improve

2019-01-15

Medical device standards are technical specifications jointly followed in the research, development, production, operation, use, and supervision and management of medical devices. They are an important technical support for medical device supervision and industry development.

Integrating resources and breaking through bottlenecks: AI medical devices are poised for a spring

2019-01-02

Recently, at the 2018 China Biopharmaceutical Industry High-Quality Development Forum "High-end Medical Device Technology and Industrialization Sub-forum" held in Beijing, industry experts, enterprise representatives, and regulatory representatives attending the forum exchanged discussions on issues such as new challenges for the medical device industry in the new era and progress in the review and approval of innovative medical devices.

Guangdong builds a 'three new' pattern of medical services

2019-01-02

Recently, Guangdong Province released the "Implementation Plan for Further Improving Medical Services in Guangdong Province (2018-2020)", proposing to use three years to form a new medical service pattern of "three new" concepts, technologies, and models. The Plan proposes to solidify the appointment diagnosis and treatment system, telemedicine system, clinical pathway management system, mutual recognition system for inspection and testing results, and medical social work and volunteer system. All localities and medical institutions should fully utilize new concepts and technologies to innovate medical services in the following ten areas: patient-centered, promoting multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment models; focusing on critical and severe illnesses, innovating emergency and rescue services;

The growth period for the internet medical industry is coming

2019-01-02

Internet+ shopping is already "old," but Internet+ healthcare is still "young." This year's "Double Eleven," Alibaba announced that Tmall's total transaction volume reached 213.5 billion yuan, an increase of 45.3 billion yuan compared to last year, completely subverting traditional physical retail. It is clear that the internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain have deconstructed and reshaped the consumer field. In comparison, in the medical field, which is closely related to public health, when people mention "Internet+", they can only think of online appointment registration. However, in the view of industry insiders, Internet+ healthcare can do much more than online registration. In fact, those things that can be achieved in online shopping

The State Food and Drug Administration is collecting information on AI medical devices; no relevant products have been registered.

2019-01-02

With the rise of AI in healthcare, regulations are also catching up. On November 19, the Center for Medical Device Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a "Notice on Soliciting Information from Manufacturers of Artificial Intelligence Medical Devices".

My country has become the second largest medical device market

2019-01-02

China has become the world's second-largest medical device market, and it is still growing at an annual rate of around 10%. At the recent 272nd China Engineering Science and Technology Forum • Cardiovascular Innovative Medical Devices Forum, Hu Shengshou, director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, said that cardiovascular disease is an important area for medical device innovation. Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in China, with 290 million cardiovascular disease patients nationwide, and approximately 3.7 million people die from cardiovascular disease every year.

Top 20 Medical Device Companies by Revenue

2019-01-02

Developing alongside the growing needs of human health, the medical device industry has become a field fiercely contested by developed countries worldwide.