Media Statement Successful Launch to the IMDRF

Media Statement Successful Launch to the IMDRF

Good progress and a commitment to advancing regulatory convergence and public health marked the inaugural meeting of the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF), held in Singapore from 28 February to 1 March 2012. Regulators from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States of America were joined by regulatory observers from China and the Russian Federation and by the World Health Organization for the purpose of putting the new Forum into operation and planning the transition of several key items from the Global Harmonization Task Force.