Japan Shoots For ‘Zero’ Device Lag With Review Time Targets
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Japan aims to eliminate the country’s notorious time lag associated with the regulatory approval of medical devices, by introducing new measures to speed up the review process. It is looking to adopt a different approach in which the speed will be determined by how urgent the review of the products is, or how urgently the products are needed.
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