On June 11, CFDA published “4th Batch of Clinical Exempted Medical Devices and IVDs (Draft)” for feedback. 85 medical devices and 277 IVDs have been newly-exempted from clinical trial in the 4th batch. Also, it is the first time class III IVDs (31 cancer biomarkers) have been exempted.
Since 2014 August, a total of 1466 medical devices and IVDs have been granted exemption from clinical trial:
- Class II medical device: 858
- Class III medical device: 201
- Class II IVD: 376
- Class III IVD: 31
Below are some historical versions:
2nd batch class II IVD: https://chinameddevice.com/cfda-update-cfda-issued-the-draft-of-clinical-evaluation-basic-requirements-for-clinical-exempt-ivd-reagents-along-with-the-2nd-batch-of-clinical-exempt-class-ii-ivd-reagents/
3rd batch class II and class III devices: https://chinameddevice.com/cfda-added-more-class-ii-and-class-iii-devices-to-the-clinical-trial-exempt-list/
Make sure you get the most recent version as CFDA issued several revised ones.
For complete list of the exemptions, please email info@ChinaMedDevice.com.
To determine whether your device or IVD falls into the 4 batches, please email us too. For Clinical Evaluation Basic Requirements for Clinical Exempt IVD Reagents (draft), click HERE.
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