Medtech Canada offers various opportunities for its members to collaborate both with each other as well as engage with Health Canada. We do so via:
- Internal Committees
- External associations/Network
- Training seminars/webinars
- One on One engagement with Medtech Canada personnel
Internal Committees/ External associations:
- Committees (Internal)
- Regulatory Affairs Committee (and subcommittees)
- Based on Provincial and Federal government sectors
- Based on specific ongoing target Topics
- Task forces (short term topics/projects)
- Associations (External)
- International (IMDRF/AdvaMed)
- National (CSA)
Regulatory and Quality Assurance Committees:
- Regulatory Affairs committee
- Regulatory Sub-committees
- Cost Recovery and Health Canada Performance
- Pre Market Licencing
- Post Market Surveillance
- Quality Assurance
- Global Regulatory (IMDRF – GMTA)
- Education / Training
Training/ Seminars:
- Health Canada hosted Webinars
- Speakers relating to focus areas of concern
- Medtech Regulatory & Quality Conference and workshops
One on One Engagement and guidance documents:
Upon occasion our members request support and guidance around emerging and existing concerns. Medtech Canada supports its members by providing feedback (non-consulting) as well as engaging Health Canada and other Government agencies as needed in order to provide the support for our members.
Examples of documents published to support our members include:
- Best practices for contaminated returns
- Licensing tools
- High level guidance on medical device regulations
- Ongoing reports from Health Canada on Medical Devices Bureau (MDB) Performance
