By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This article was also published on MedTech Intelligence. To succeed in Asia, you must know the region, which involves performing extensive primary market research to determine the size and growth rate of your... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This article was also published on MedTech Intelligence. Japan is a large country with more than 125 million people, and it is still the second largest medical device market in the world—even if China... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical China remains one of the most compelling markets for medical devices companies globally. A rapidly aging population, along with a growing, mobile urban middle class are demanding better healthcare. In turn, this... Read More
By Kandace Nguyen Fu, Senior Vice President of Pacific Bridge Medical Classifying your product as a medical device in Malaysia is an important first step before registering the device. Malaysia’s regulatory system is relatively new and undergoing many changes, so it is... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This article was also published on MedTech Intelligence. In my past articles and blogs, I talked about the main issues medtech companies face in exporting to China, including a difficult product registration process, finding... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This article was also published on MedTech Intelligence. From 1970 to 2000, the United States, Europe and, to an extent, Japan dominated the medtech research and development (R&D) world. During this time period, the... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This blog post was also published on MedTech Intelligence. There are many challenges to succeeding in China’s medical device market. Let’s first talk about the roadblocks to success. One barrier is the difficulty of... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This blog post was also published on MedTech Intelligence. As a consultant, I often have interesting discussions with potential medtech clients. For example, a company with a relatively new medical technology recently asked if... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This blog post was also published on MedTech Intelligence. International medical device companies are increasingly required to conduct local clinical trials for medical device approval in Asia. However, finding, qualifying, and selecting the right... Read More
By Ames Gross, President and Founder of Pacific Bridge Medical This blog post was also published on MedTech Intelligence. In the last 15 years, local clinical trials were almost never required to register a high-risk imported medical device in China, even for the... Read More