Healthcare Equipment Working Group Position Paper 2021/2022 - 医疗器械工作组建议书 2021/2022 Go back »
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Published on:2021-09-23
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Category:Position Paper
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by:Healthcare Equipment Working Group / Forum
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Medical devices, including in-vitro diagnostics (IVD), play a crucial role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, while supporting and monitoring the convalescence of patients in hospitals, clinics and those undergoing homecare. Therefore, medical devices are key to improving the overall health of the population as laid down in the strategic plan Healthy China 2030. Members of the European Chamber’s Healthcare Equipment Working Group invest heavily in developing innovative treatments, and fully support the government’s efforts to ensure patients’ access to state-of-the-art, safe, efficacious and affordable medical devices. They maintain this commitment by investing in modern Chinese research, development and production facilities, as well as in the education of Chinese doctors and healthcare professionals. The working group has established contact with major stakeholders both in China and in Europe. It organises regular meetings with the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) as well as Health Security Administrations (HSAs) and Health Commissions at different government levels to get first-hand information on regulatory and healthcare policy developments, and to present suggestions from the European medical device industry.
To enhance international cooperation, in 2007, the working group established contact with the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR), a major medical technology industry association based in Europe. In April 2014, the European Chamber founded the Consumable and Disposable Medical Devices (CDMD) Advisory Committee, a group consisting of Chinese subsidiaries of international market leaders in the field of consumable medical devices and IVD. This advisory committee has since founded two subgroups – regulatory affairs and government affairs.
The Healthcare Equipment Working Group wishes to continue to engage in a constructive dialogue with all relevant government agencies, both at the national and provincial/local level in China.
