American Chamber of Commerce Pinpoints Delays In Japan’s Medical Device Commercialization

Full translation summary from PharmAsia News - December 15, 2008

American Chamber of Commerce of Japan released results of a survey Dec. 8 that compares drug commercialization timelines in the U.S. and Japan.

Full translation summary from PharmAsia News - December 15, 2008

American Chamber of Commerce Pinpoints Delays In Japan’s Medical Device Commercialization

Targeting approved products in Japan from April 2005 to March 2008, the ACCJ survey found that Japan lags behind the U.S. by 35 months in commercializing advanced medical devices and 43 months in regular medical devices. Currently, 36 percent of medical devices used in the U.S. are not approved in Japan. ACCJ Chair of Medical Device and Diagnostic Huiming Wang proposed to separate new products review teams from generics team to speed up the approval process. (Click here for more - Japanese language)

"Japan Lags The U.S. In Medical Device Application By 35 months-ACCJ Report" - Nikkei Sangyo News (12/8/08)

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