China Using Healthcare Reforms To Upgrade National Medical Device Industry
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Sang Guowei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, recently headed a delegation to Jiangsu, Shanghai and Chongqing to conduct studies on implementing healthcare reforms in grassroots healthcare institutions. One focus was facility upgrading and reform pilots in public hospitals. The studies show that there is a widespread shortage or lack of timely servicing of equipment in grassroots healthcare institutions, and that more than 60 percent of village hospitals lack basic medical facilities. Sang pointed out that the country should leverage the healthcare reforms to raise medical device deployment standards for such institutions, focus on modernization of mid- and low-end medical devices, and develop innovative medical devices. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)
You may also be interested in...
Ultrahuman Expands Wearable Medtech Production Into US After $35M Funding Round
Firm operating in London, India and United Arab Emirates says its “Ultra Factory” will open in Indiana within the next six months with end-to-end production based on its operational facility in India.
Cochlear’s Osia System Receives Expanded FDA Clearance For Use In Younger Children
Kids ages 5 and up now can benefit from Cochlear’s Osia implant and sound processor, indicated for hearing loss, mixed hearing loss and single-sided sensorineural deafness.
MAISI: Navigating The 'Valley Of Death' In Medtech Research Translation
Translating research from proof of concept to clinical investigations is a difficult hurdle to overcome. To succeed, researchers need to design their technology for industrial standard manufacturing early on, Anne Vanhoestenberghe, director for the Manufacture of Active Implants and Surgical Instruments (MAISI), told Medtech Insight.