ARTICLE SUMMARY:
In this month’s spotlight from Pathways’ Document Depot, examples of international harmonization in practice from South Africa, Chile, and China.
Global regulatory harmonization has become an important watchword of the medtech sector over recent decades. But sometimes it can feel several steps removed from day-to-day, on-the-ground realities of medtech firms seeking market entry and growth in individual countries.
How are international conferences and development of voluntary global documents actually impacting, and, ideally, streamlining, what companies face in their regulatory development efforts? In this edition of Docs of the Month, we spotlight three items from August where regulatory harmonization principles were primary drivers for new policies.