On August 29, 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced that they had designated three new UK Approved Bodies, almost doubling the UK’s current capacity to certify medical devices. Under the current UK legislation, before a manufacturer can place a UKCA-marked medical device on the market in England, Wales and Scotland, they must secure UKCA marking from a UK..

‘化粧品規制現代化法 (MoCRA)’は ‘連邦食品，医薬品及び化粧品法 (FDCA)’の VI 章において重要で新しい事項 (GMP, 安全性立証、重大な有害事例報告、施設登録、製品登録、追加ラベル表示事項、記録保管など)を追加しました。 またFDAに強制回収命令権限を付与しています。 MoCRAの施設登録及び製品リスティングプラットフォーム(サイト)は10月中にオープンする予定です。 既存の製造および流通業者(2022、10月29日まで)運営された施設は2023年12月29日まで施設登録をしなければならず、既存登録されていた製品もMoCRAを通じてリスティングしなければなりません。 以下は施設登録および製品登録に必要な資料を簡単にご案内します。 施設登録 ＊施設の所有者および/または運営者の名前 ＊施設の名前、住所、メールアドレス、および電話番号 ＊アメリカの代理人の連絡先 ＊施設..

ANVISA, Brazil's medical device regulator, issued RDC No. 810/2023 to amend Article 60 of RDC No. 751/2022: Declaration and Registration of Medical Devices, the amendment effective August 18, 2023. The revised content allows the import of medical devices and accessories if the manufacturing date is earlier than the date of declaration or registration. Note that the period between the manufacturi..

The Cosmetics Regulation Modernization Act (MoCRA) is important to the chapter VI of the Federal Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act (FDCA) and adds new information (GMP, safety proof, critical adverse event reporting, facility registration, product registration, additional labeling marks, record keeping, etc.). It also gives the FDA the authority to order compulsory recalls. MoCRA's facility registra..

With the development of information and communication technology, the number of wired and wireless communication medical devices is increasing. As a result, cases of cybersecurity threats such as hacking and information leakage are steadily increasing. For this reason, the application of cybersecurity in medical devices has been strengthened because it can directly harm patient life. Medical dev..

Currently, Taiwan only requires product registration for general cosmetics, and regulations on product registration, product information file (PIF) preparation and preservation, and GMP acquisition will be applied to all items from July 2026. First, the cosmetics classification in Taiwan is as follows. - General cosmetics: basic cosmetics (skin, lotion, essence, cream, etc.), hair products (sham..

The cosmetics market was sluggish during the pandemic, but is now gradually recovering, showing a positive outlook. Brazil has the world's fourth-largest cosmetics market. In order to enter the Brazilian beauty market, registration of cosmetics with Brazil's ANVISA is essential. Brazilian cosmetics are classified into Class I and Class II according to risk of cosmetics. Classification Descriptio..

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has established an integrated guideline for authorization, certification, and examination of wound dressing (a guide to civil petitioners). The wound dressing material is manufactured in various forms, such as item shape, sheet shape, liquid shape, powder shape, etc., and is a medical device used to absorb exudate from wounds, bleed or lose body fluid, and pr..

In Australia, sunscreens are classified as primary sunscreens or secondary sunscreens according to the SPF. Sortation Sortation Regulatory body Primary sunscreens Products with SFP of 4 or higher whose main purpose is to protect against UV Categorized as Theraputic Goods - TGA regulation: Must be listed in ARTG. Secondary sunscreens (Products regulated by TGA) Products that have main purposes ot..

According to 2022 medical device industry production and import/export statistics, It is an infectious disease diagnostic test reagent that ranked 1st in domestic production and export and accounted for 48.4% of exports. Diagnostic reagents are mainly used in in vitro diagnostic devices. In other words, the field of in vitro diagnostic devices, which has grown rapidly due to COVID-19, is expecte..