Saudi FDA leads training on regulations for medical devices

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has been working with the World Health Organization on a training program for developing technical specifications and regulations for medical devices, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

As part of the cooperation, about 70 experts from 21 countries recently took part in an exercise at the WHO Global Collaborating Center for Medical Devices Regulation in the Kingdom.

The event was organized and supervised by the SFDA with the help of representatives from the WHO.

The authority said the program would help it to fulfill its objectives of enhancing international leadership and developing a regulatory system in the field.

The WHO chose the SFDA to be its international collaborating center for medical devices regulation based on its experience in helping emerging countries in the Middle East and Africa region with their supervision and regulation procedures.