NMPA (CFDA) published “Clinical Trial Exemptions Catalog for Medical Devices (Draft)” on August 1, 2019. It is an effort to implement risk-based clinical evaluation, and to make medical device clinical exemptions more consistent with internationally-accepted standard, NMPA stated in the notice. It also calls for manufacturers’ opinion on the clinical exemption status.
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The draft Catalog added exemptions for 142 medical devices, including 40 Class III:
It added exemptions for 42 IVDs, including 14 Class III:
If implemented, a total of 996 medical devices and 420 IVDs will be exempted from clinical trials in China since the first exemptions catalog in 2014.
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