On 12th July, one of the key activities of “National Medical Device Safety Awareness Week” in 2023, “Medical Device Online Sales” was held in Beijing, which was hosted by the Department of Medical Devices Supervision and Administration of the State Drug Administration, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, and sponsored by the Medical Devices Supply Chain Branch of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing. The theme of “Regulation and Laws Publicity” was held in Beijing. Staff of Chongqing Hongguan Medical Equipment Co watched the live learning.
The increasingly improved regulatory policies for medical device online sales accelerated the symbiotic development of medical devices and the Internet. According to the data of State Drug Administration, as of 30 June 2023, there are about 235,000 medical device network sales enterprises in China, of which about 38,000 were added in January-June 2023, and 789 third-party platforms for medical device network transaction services, of which 134 were added in January-June 2023, according to the data of State Drug Administration.
The State Drug Administration to implement the Party Central Committee and State Council decision-making and deployment, comprehensively strengthen the medical device quality and safety supervision of the whole life cycle, and always include online sales into the regulatory focus. It earnestly implements the requirements of the “four most stringent”, highlights the problem orientation, adheres to the comprehensive policy, improves the regulations and systems, innovates the supervision methods, cracks down on the illegal behaviours, and strives to regulate the market order of the online sales of medical devices.
Due to the variety of medical devices, superimposed on the virtual nature of Internet sales, hidden, non-geographical, borderless, easy to transfer and other characteristics, China’s medical device network sales regulation road is heavy and far-reaching. This year, the State Drug Administration in May and June, two consecutive notification of 12 cases of medical device network sales violations, there are still some unscrupulous merchants unauthorised in takeaway platforms and applets online shop sales of Class III medical devices, not in accordance with the requirements of the display of the medical device registration certificate and filing certificates, not in accordance with the requirements of rectification, unauthorised changes in business mode, not to establish the purchase of food inspection records and sales records system, etc. to the detriment of the consumer’s interests. The behaviour of the interests of consumers.
In the new period, new journey, new development, medical device online sales has become an important guarantee for people’s healthy life. In the future, China’s medical device online sales industry will show the following trends:
Firstly, the development of medical device online sales market continues to improve. As the country continues to introduce policies to support and encourage the online sales of medical devices, the rapid increase in the acceptance of the people’s Internet sales of medical devices, the continuous optimisation of the services of the medical device online sales platform, coupled with the rapid increase in the demand for Internet sales services of medical devices, etc., the online sales of medical devices, with its unique development advantages, will maintain a booming development trend in the future.
Secondly, the standardised development of medical device online sales. To create a good ecological environment for medical device online sales, it needs to be supported by regulations, management technology and governance capacity. In the future, it is necessary to improve the medical device network sales related regulations and policies, implement the main responsibility of enterprises, strengthen regulatory measures, standardise business activities, combat illegal activities, build a standardised and high-quality development environment for the medical device network sales industry, regulate the whole chain of medical device network sales safety and control, and ensure that the development of medical device network sales is standardised, standardised and compliant.
Third, the development of medical device network sales platform. Medical device network sales platform can connect dealers and end users together, establish a trading platform with smooth information, provide more comprehensive product selection and services, and reduce the cost and time of intermediate links. At the same time, the network sales platform can give full play to the advantages of resource integration, promote the optimisation of the supply chain, and improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the whole industry chain. In addition, the advantages of platform development are further highlighted in the context of domestic and international double-cycle, promoting the synergistic development of domestic and cross-border business.
With the new period, new opportunities and new challenges, the future online sales of medical devices need to continue to implement the concept of high-quality development, combined with quality regulatory requirements, to build a new pattern of industry development. We hope that all the guests in this event, brainstorming, collective efforts to promote the high quality development of medical device online sales!
Post time: Jul-13-2023