The Chinese medtech regulatory system was a key theme at the MedTech Summit in June, where regional specialists gave updates on registration timelines and electronic submissions, and signaled how the world’s biggest market-in-waiting is speeding up its regulatory improvements in a bid to become more open and less forbidding for overseas entrants.

The latest Asian Medtech Associations Regulatory Networking discussions extended to news from Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and ASEAN Medical Device Directive ratification, as well as the recent update from China. This series is hosted by Medtech Insight, along with the Asia Regulatory and Quality Consultancy (ARQon) and the Asia Regulatory Professionals Association (ARPA).

Royal Philips is planning to sell its domestic appliance business to better focus on its strategic aims in health technology. The group made the announcement as it unveiled 2019 sales up 4.5% on a comparable basis.