Combination Products and Asia Regional Medical Device ...
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<strong>Combination</strong> <strong>Products</strong><br />
Forces driving medical device regulation in<br />
<strong>Asia</strong>-Pacific region<br />
• Policy objective to protect public health<br />
• Rising public expectations of access to health care<br />
• Rising domestic industry<br />
• Control of trade (import <strong>and</strong> export)<br />
• Concerns about used/second-h<strong>and</strong> equipment being<br />
placed on local market<br />
• Lending institution interests<br />
► Opportunity for prospective, rather than<br />
retrospective, harmonisation<br />
18-Oct-06<br />
APEC Tokyo 2006 <strong>Combination</strong> <strong>Products</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>n Harmonization; M. Gropp<br />
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