Medical devices manufacturer and distributor must establish and follow the medical device quality management system, the quality management system are known as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for manufacturer and Good Supplier Practices (GSP) for distributor respectively.
On Sep 5th, 2014, CFDA issued the Announcement (No. 15-2014) on medical devices GMP to promote its implementation based on the < Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices – State Council Decree No. 650> and the < Administrative Measures for the Supervision of Medical Device Manufacturing - CFDA Decree No. 7>. On Dec 12th, 2014, CFDA released the 58th Announcement on the implementation of GSP.
According to the Announcement, China has implemented the GMP on sterile and implantable medical devices from Jan 1st, 2011 and it will be expanded to all medical devices manufacturing until Jan 1st, 2018. The more information about the GMP & GSP implementation in China can be found as follows.
Type | For Which MDs are Concerned | Implementation Date |
GSP | all medical devices distributing | Dec 12th, 2014 |
GMP | sterile and implantable medical devices manufacturing | Jan 1st, 2011 |
new establishment or update of manufacturing license for class Ⅲ medical devices | Oct 1st, 2014 | |
class Ⅲ medical devices manufacturing | Jan 1st, 2016 | |
all medical devices manufacturing | Jan 1st, 2018 |
Reference:
- http://www.sda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0087/110920.html
- http://www.sda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0059/44657.html
- http://www.sda.gov.cn/WS01/CL0779/103695.html
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