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						Phases and Time of Medical Devices SFDA Registration 
 
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							The whole registration process of a MD product contains four phases:  
	1) To prepare the technical materials and draft product technical standard; 
	2) To conduct clinical trial or verification; 
	3) To conduct type test; 
	4) To inspect, technical evaluate the completely set materials for product 
	registration and then approve the application. 
	 
	The reference time of them is: 
	1) Phase 1: Preparation of technical materials as well as standard written 
	is entirely operated by the applicant of product registration (such as 
	domestic and foreign manufacturers) and its authorized registration agent. 
	Therefore, the cycle length depends entirely on the exchange and 
	communication between the two sides. 
	2) Phase 2: The time of clinical trials with high techniques and complex 
	operations depends more entirely on the applicants of product registration. 
	Based on experience, it normally takes at lest 3 calendar months for 
	domestic products and no less than 6 calendar months for foreign products. 
	3) Phase 3: The type test for product registration is conducted by MD 
	testing institutions accredited by SFDA. About the time, it is not clearly 
	defined. However, it usually takes at least 3 calendar months based on 
	experience. 
	4) Phase 4: Chinese regulatory authorities spend within 30 working days for 
	Class I, 60 working days for Class II and 90 working days for Class III 
	respectively, in deciding if the product can be registered in China. For 
	foreign products, it is 90 working days generally. Moreover, in the course 
	of review of registration applications, the time for testing, expert review 
	and hearing does not count within the period specified above. However, the 
	corresponding authority for technical evaluation spends no more than 45 
	working days for review after receiving the itegrate supplemented materials 
	required. 
	 
	Therefore, based on product classification, domestic or foreign, IVD reagent 
	or not, placing into market or not, the whole cycle is different absolutely. 
	A good example is the more advanced new products. Once the risk and 
	effectiveness of this product is difficult to determine, the technical 
	evaluation authority authorized by SFDA can organize experts to review and 
	hearings. The corresponding time does not count within the time limit. Thus, 
	it is impossible to clarify the specific cycle length. 
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