Meeting with Mr. Hermann Gröhe, German Federal Minister for Health, on the Health Industry in China

2016-06-13 | Beijing

Mr. Hermann Gröhe, German Federal Minister of Health, briefed the industry delegates on the progress of the China-German consultation and cooperation in the field of healthcare. During his visit, China and Germany have signed an agreement on a three-years action plan, including a dialogue how to foster innovate healthcare, especially digital healthcare. Together with a representative of BfArM, the highest regulatory body in Germany, Mr. Gröhe is going to visit the CFDA with the target to establish a government dialogue on registration and supervision of Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical products.

The European Chamber briefed Mr. Gröhe on the situation of the German/European medical device care industry in China.

The single most pressing concern of European medical device manufacturers are extensive requirements to clinical trials in China. A harmonisation of regulations in the two countries would avoid unnecessary duplicate clinical trials.

Like most countries, China is facing rising costs of healthcare. The industry is concerned that Chinese health authorities may want to replace high-standard imported products by cheap local products with lower quality standards.

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