Malaysia's New Medtech Regulatory System Imminent - And No More Extension This Time
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
Malaysia's conformity assessment-based system for medical devices will finally come into effect at midnight on June 30 2016. That is less than two weeks away, and 'there will be no extension,' says Sasikala Devi Thangavelu, director of the policy, code and standard division of the Malaysian Medical Device Authority1.
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