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More Pre-Development Medtech Work Must Be In Singapore’s Sights

 
• By Ashley Yeo

Singapore is already deeply involved in “commercial” regulatory affairs, but it has the potential to increase the volume of “technical” RA work done locally. So says regulatory professional Jing Lim, who explained these definitions to Medtech Insight.

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The ASEAN countries, including the regional medtech regulatory hub Singapore, are not yet known globally for medtech innovation manufacturing. While the region does much manufacturing under contract, when it comes to manufacturers as product owners, local examples are few and far between in the ASEAN markets, compared with Europe and the US.

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