GHTF Takes Prospective Approach To Address Innovative Medical Technology
This article was originally published in The Silver Sheet
Executive Summary
GHTF PLAN FOR NEW AND EMERGING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY seeks to create a mechanism for developing a harmonized regulatory approach for dealing with innovative products to avoid the proliferation of country-specific guidelines. During the ninth Global Harmonization Task Force meeting in Singapore, the GHTF Steering Committee outlined a proposed plan for taking a prospective approach to emerging technology – part of a series of "strategic goals" designed to guide the direction of the task force over the next few years. Participants and at the conference discussed at length the extensive challenges for regulators and industry posed by the coming flood of new medical technology and warned that without immediate action, innovation could be stifled