According to the law below, Responsible sellers are required to report the 2023 cosmetics production performance to the Korea Cosmetic Association from January 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024. • 「Cosmetics Act」 Article 5 / Article 4 (Duty of business operator, etc.) • 「Cosmetics Act Enforcement Rules」 Article 13 (Report on production performance of cosmetics, etc.) • 「Regulations on the production ..

The Hong Kong Medical Device Administrative Control System (MDACS) has published a new technical reference document (TR-007) related to software medical devices (SaMD and SiMD) on December 29, 2023. Technical Reference TR-007 covers SiMD and SaMD risk management requirements and basic cybersecurity requirements. The software medical device technical documentation requirements for MDACS applicati..

What is customized cosmetics? This refers to cosmetics in which a person with a dispensing manager license divides the contents of cosmetics or mixes the contents of cosmetics with raw materials determined by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety. According to the law below, a list of all raw materials used in customized cosmetics must be reported to the Korea Cosmetics Association by the end of ..

Medical device companies have many difficulties entering the market due to the cost and time required to obtain certification, the creation of enhanced technical documents, and the lack of information on essential regulations by country. Various organizations are carrying out many support projects to solve these difficulties, minimize the burden of certification barriers, and help them enter the..

U-Healthcare Medical Device? Based on wired and wireless communication infrastructure, It is a medical device that enables medical personnel to remotely monitor patients' biological signals measured in real time in non-medical places, manage their health, and provide appropriate health care services in a timely manner. Recently, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety published guidelines for quali..

In order to receive MFDS ClassII certification, technical document review by technical document review agency is essential. Currently, the fee for reviewing technical documents for second-class medical devices has been frozen for 13 years, resulting in a vicious cycle of worsening management of review institution, delayed complaint processing periods, and deterioration of civil service. To refle..

AVNISA, Brazil's medical device regulator, updated IVD regulations to RDC 830/2023. The new RDC, effective from June 1, 2024, is a comprehensive revision that consolidates risk classifications and regularization procedures across all IVD risk classes, rendering the previous RDC 36/2015 obsolete. The main changes are as follows. - Provide process (notification and registration), ANVISA forms to p..

Hong Kong Medical Device Division (MDD) issued formal guidance (GN-10 Guidance Notes on Changes for Listed Medical Devices) on the requirements to maintain compliance when making changes to a medical device registered with the Medical Device Administrative Control System (MDACS). The GN-10 guidelines include classification of whether changes to registered medical devices are major or minor and m..

From November 17, 2023, it has been partially revised to clarify administrative procedures by preparing standards and procedures for lifting the designation of medical devices subject to follow-up management and to match the name of the medical device subject to follow-up management with the item name specified in the Regulations on Medical Device Items and Classes by Item. The major revisions a..

During the festive period, here is the holiday closure dates of the regulatory agencies. Please keep this in mind when working with Africa agencies. PAYS/ AGENCES AGENCIES ANNUAL VACATION BURKINA ( ARCEP) December 11th: National Day (public holiday) December 25th: Christmas (public holiday) January 1st to January 3rd: Closed January 4th, 2024: Resumption TCHAD ( ARCEP) On 28/11/2023: Proclamatio..