Dear Colleagues and Group Members,
It is the end of November, and welcome to my monthly update on the latest news on medical device regulations in Russia:
1. Will the Deadline for Replacement of Registration Certificates be Extended?
One month is left till the deadline to complete procedure of administrative replacement of medical device registration certificates issued before 2013. According to current medical device registration rules, such registration certificates will not be valid after 1 January 2017. Replacement is free for medical device manufacturers and in practice takes 30-60 days. Based on assessment from different sources, only 20-30% of such registration certificates have so far been replaced. The possibility of extending this deadline till the end of 2021 was discussed with the regulator earlier this year by the Russian trade association IMEDA and it is quite good news that this possibility has emerged in a draft of multiple amendments to current registration rules last month. Will this draft be approved by the Russian Government, and will the deadline be extended? We will discover in December.
- Russia Harmonised National Standards for In Vitro Products
A number of Russian national (GOST) standards for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) (drafts were introduced last year by Russian Agency of Technical Regulation Rosstandart) came into force on 1 November 2016 and replaced older versions. Now Russian IVD standards are completely identical to relevant international ISO standards:
Russian GOST R ISO 18133-1-2015, identical to ISO 18133-1-2009, establishes general principles and specifies essential requirements for information supplied by the IVD manufacturer.
Russian GOST R ISO 18133-2-2015, identical to ISO 18133-2-2009, specifies requirements for information supplied by the manufacturer of IVD reagent calibrators, control materials and accessories for professional use, and defines the requirements for labels for outer and immediate containers and to the instructions for use.
Russian GOST R ISO 18133-3-2015, identical to ISO 18133-3-2009, specifies requirements for information supplied by the manufacturer of IVD instruments for professional use and also applies to apparatus, equipment and accessories intended to be used with it.
Russian GOST R ISO 18133-4-2015, identical to ISO 18133-4-2009, specifies requirements for information supplied by the manufacturer of IVD reagents for self-testing, calibrators and control materials and accessories intended for use with IVD medical devices for self-testing.
Russian GOST R ISO 18133-5-2015, identical to ISO 18133-5-2009, specifies requirements for information supplied by the manufacturer of IVD instruments and accessories for self-testing.
In Russia, the application of standards is voluntary for medical device manufacturers; nevertheless, following these (and other) standards is the best way to demonstrate compliance during pre-clinical testing and expert evaluation within the Russian medical device registration process.
- List of Regulations for State Control Activity
The Russian medical device domain is regulated at different levels, which can sometimes seem confusing and contradictory. In November, the Russian healthcare regulator Roszdravnadzor published Order # 12848 with a full list of current regulations and legal acts, containing mandatory requirements, compliance with which is assessed during government control activity by the regulator (link in Russian). Chapters ##12 and 13 are devoted to medical devices and service maintenance of medical equipment in Russia. Although this order does not contain any new legislation, it summarises in a single document an exhaustive list of existing Russian Federal Laws, Government Resolutions and other regulations for this domain. From a practical standpoint, the document can be used as a comprehensive checklist for medical device manufacturers represented in Russia to ensure compliance with local regulations.
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