The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte), BfArM, is the institution responsible for regulating medical devices in Germany. Headquartered in Bonn, BfArM operates under the Federal Ministry of Health....
In Brazil, the institution that oversees medical device regulations is the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). The beginning of the medical device registration process requires the classification of the device according to the level of risk it...
The institution responsible for regulating medical devices in the United States is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA uses a risk-based classification system, which classifies medical devices into the following three categories: Class I, Class II, and...
For the last 70 years, only a handful of medical devices have been regulated in Pakistan under its Drug Act of 1976. In an attempt to control the quality of the devices being sold and used in the country, the Drug Regulatory Authority passed the Medical Device Rules...