In order to further accelerate the development of new quality productive force, continuously optimize the business environment, and stimulate the innovation drive and market vitality of enterprises, the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration recently held a symposium on the rapid review and approval of medical devices and the latest developments in innovation for innovative medical device enterprises in Beijing. At the symposium, the participants studied policies and measures to encourage medical device innovation, exchanged opinions on the rapid review and approval method of medical devices and the priority filing procedure for innovative medical devices under development on the basis of the preliminary questionnaire survey, and introduced related policies.
It was noted at the symposium that the efforts of the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration to support medical device innovation and speed up the review and approval were not only requisite measures for the industry to transit from rapid development to quality development, but also a prerequisite for helping enterprises relieve difficulties, shortening the time to market, and reducing costs and increasing efficiency. For the purpose of encouraging the filing of innovative medical devices, optimizing the review process, and enhancing the service in advance, we should further improve the quality and efficiency of review and approval services, so as to help more cutting-edge and high-quality products to be launched on the market as soon as possible, and promote the high-quality development of the medical device industry.
At the symposium, the Medical Device Registration Office introduced the background and progress of the work on the rapid review and approval and innovation of medical devices. The regulatory authorities and enterprise representatives analyzed in depth the key issues of priority innovative medical devices in terms of application and certification, inspection and testing, registration acceptance, review and approval, and discussed intensively on the positioning of policy documents, the scope of priority services for innovative medical devices, the provision of specific service measures, and the division of responsibilities among functional departments, to ensure the scientificity, rationality and operability of the new policies.
Next, the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration will fully leverage its policy and resource advantages to enhance communication with the industry, industry organizations, key universities, healthcare facilities and scientific research institutes, strengthen collaborative innovation, provide support throughout the entire chain of research, production, review and application, continue to take measures such as policy promotion, accelerated review and approval, and service in advance, so as to promote the upgrading of the medical device industry.
The symposium was attended by officials from the Medical Device Production Office, Administrative Approval Office, Government Service Center, Medical Device Review Center, and Beijing Institute of Medical Device Testing of the Beijing Medical Products Administration, as well as representatives from the Zhongguancun Medical Devices Innovation Alliance and more than 10 enterprises.
Source: Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration
It was noted at the symposium that the efforts of the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration to support medical device innovation and speed up the review and approval were not only requisite measures for the industry to transit from rapid development to quality development, but also a prerequisite for helping enterprises relieve difficulties, shortening the time to market, and reducing costs and increasing efficiency. For the purpose of encouraging the filing of innovative medical devices, optimizing the review process, and enhancing the service in advance, we should further improve the quality and efficiency of review and approval services, so as to help more cutting-edge and high-quality products to be launched on the market as soon as possible, and promote the high-quality development of the medical device industry.
At the symposium, the Medical Device Registration Office introduced the background and progress of the work on the rapid review and approval and innovation of medical devices. The regulatory authorities and enterprise representatives analyzed in depth the key issues of priority innovative medical devices in terms of application and certification, inspection and testing, registration acceptance, review and approval, and discussed intensively on the positioning of policy documents, the scope of priority services for innovative medical devices, the provision of specific service measures, and the division of responsibilities among functional departments, to ensure the scientificity, rationality and operability of the new policies.
Next, the Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration will fully leverage its policy and resource advantages to enhance communication with the industry, industry organizations, key universities, healthcare facilities and scientific research institutes, strengthen collaborative innovation, provide support throughout the entire chain of research, production, review and application, continue to take measures such as policy promotion, accelerated review and approval, and service in advance, so as to promote the upgrading of the medical device industry.
The symposium was attended by officials from the Medical Device Production Office, Administrative Approval Office, Government Service Center, Medical Device Review Center, and Beijing Institute of Medical Device Testing of the Beijing Medical Products Administration, as well as representatives from the Zhongguancun Medical Devices Innovation Alliance and more than 10 enterprises.
Source: Beijing Municipal Medical Products Administration