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Global Harmonization Task Force
(Flags: European Union, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Japan)
Working Towards Harmonization
in Medical Device Regulation

2nd APEC Seminar Singapore

17-18 May 2002

Presentations

Global Harmonisation Task Force

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF)
Rita Maclachlan - GHTF Chair; and Director Medical Devices Program Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia
pdf 282Kb 12 July 2002

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The Global Medical Device Market and Regulatory Harmonisation

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
The Global Medical Device Market and Regulatory Harmonization
M. B. Gropp - Guidant Corporation
pdf Slides 1-15 1448Kb
Slides 16-30 911Kb
Slides 31-45 912Kb
Slides 46-71 1399Kb
12 July 2002

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Quality Systems

Title/Author Format Size Date Posted
Guidance for Auditing
Markus Zobrist PhD, Inspector - Swissmedic, Swizerland, and Andrew Muir, Senior Auditor Conformity Assessment Branch, TGA, Australia
pdf 844Kb 12 July 2002 
Design Control Guidance For Medical Device Manufacturers
Egan Cobbold - Medical Devices Bureau Health, Canada
pdf 42Kb 12 July 2002 
Audit Approaches
Markus Zobrist, PhD, Inspector Swissmedic, Switzerland
pdf 42Kb 12 July 2002 
Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT)
Robert L. Turocy
pdf 300Kb 12 July 2002
Quality Management Systems:.The Foundation for Regulatory Programs
Tony Gould - Conformity Assessment Branch, TGA Australia
pdf 696Kb 12 July 2002 
Process Validation
Victor Dorman-Smith and Abbott Ireland
pdf 96Kb 12 July 2002
The Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT)
Christine Nelson - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
pdf 128Kb 12 July 2002 
FDA QSIT Compared to European Notified Body (NB) Audit, Australia, Canada, Japan, etc.
Robert L. Turocy
pdf 203Kb 12 July 2002
Quality Systems Standards
Victor Dorman-Smith and Abbott Ireland
pdf 88Kb 12 July 2002 

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Post Market Surveillance

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
Post Market Surveillance of Medical Devices
Mr. Kim Dix, P. Eng - Head / Medical Devices Compliance National Coordination Centre, Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate Health Canada
pdf 52Kb 12 July 2002
Global Harmonization Task Force - Study Group 2
Larry Kroger, Ph.D. Member, SG2
pdf 168Kb 12 July 2002
Medical Device Adverse Events: What Information, by When and.to Whom to Report and The Vigilance Exchange Program - GHTF Study Group 2
Jorge E Garcia, Ph.D. Member, SG2 (representing TGA, Australia)
pdf 53Kb 12 July 2002

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Harmonised Approaches to Medical Device Registration, Classification and Approval

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
Medical Devices - Regulations, Standards Risk Management, Global Harmonisation
Maurice Freeman, Chair SG1 of GHTF
pdf 73Kb 12 July 2002
Medical Device Regulation - Control Based on Risk
Fred S. Halverson Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota
pdf 60Kb 12 July 2002

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Present and Proposed Implementation of GHTF Recommendations by Founding Members

Plenary Session 3 presentations from the 9th Conference
Representatives from the GHTF Founding Member regulatory authorities repeated "The Score Card" presentations delivered by Members of the GHTF Steering Committee on Thursday, 17 May 2002 during Plenary Session 3 of the 9th GHTF Conference.

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Present and Proposed Implementation of GHTF Recommendations by APEC National Authorities

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
AHWP Technical Committee
Survey Report 2002
pdf 405Kb 12 July 2002
Recent Developments of Medical Device Regulation in Taiwan
Hsiau-Wen Huang, Ph.D. - Senior Researcher
Bureau of Pharmaceutical Affairs
Department of Health, Taiwan, R.O.C.
pdf 843Kb 12 July 2002

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Seminar Close

Title / Author Format Size Date Posted
Attendance List
pdf 17Kb 12 July 2002

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Updated 22 July 2004