The Health Ministry’s Medical Device Authority has found some 200 unregistered medical devices in recent raids.
Also found sold in the market – both at walk-in shops as well as online platforms – are digital infrared thermometers, plano , condoms, first-aid kits and blood lancets.The Health Ministry’s Medical Device Authority has found some 200 unregistered medical devices in recent raids.As of June, the MDA has already conducted three raids on the distribution of unregistered medical devices.“All cases will be charged in court, possibly by this year,” the MDA noted in a statement to The Star.
The Medical Device Act requires all such items to be registered with the MDA before they are placed on the market, and establishments such as manufacturers, authorised representatives, distributors and exporters are required to be licensed. Concurring with the MDA, Association of Malaysian Medical Industries executive director Ching Choon Siong said unregistered and counterfeit medical devices were being widely sold via social media and e-commerce platforms.
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