CFDA to Implement Registration Technical Guidelines for Medical Device Network Security - Regulatory News - Medical Devices

China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the ‘Registration Technical Guidelines for the Medical Device Network Security’ on March 28^th 2017 and it will come into force by Jan. 1^st 2018. According to the guideline, data exchange, remote control and storage medium related class II or III medical devices are required to take measures to ensure the medical device network security.

Applicable Scope of Medical Devices
Data exchange, remote control and storage medium related class II or III medical devices registered in China, such as registration of wearable medical devices, app module

Definition of Medical Device Network Security
The medical device network security is deemed to ensure the medical device data confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation and reliability.

Main Point of Network Safety Protection Safeguard Measures
Medical device network safety protection can be divided into product aspect and system aspect. And the safeguard measures include management measures, physical measures and technical measures. This guideline is focused on the technical safeguard measures of the product aspect

Network Safety Consideration
1. Data consideration

Medical device data include: health data and devices data.
Medical device data exchange methods: network and memory intermediaries.

2. Technique consideration
3. Ready-made software consideration
4. Network safety documents
5. Registration application dossiers requirements (Click on the picture to zoom in)

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