MFDS Tightens AI Advertising Rules While Streamlining Emergency Imports
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According to AI TIMES, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on September 14 a proposed revision to the Enforcement Rules of the Me…
According to AI TIMES, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced on September 14 a proposed revision to the Enforcement Rules of the Medical Devices Act, saying it would steadily improve the supply process for emergency-imported medical devices while strictly penalizing false or misleading advertising using AI. The revision also includes the introduction of a one-stop review process for Class 2 medical devices. In line with amendments to the law, the proposal details procedures for designating and lifting emergency-import status for medical devices, as well as for import, supply, and demand surveys, and it also reorganizes the legal basis for outsourcing related work. It also refines the scope and targets of a system that allows prior review of whether a product qualifies as a medical device. In addition, it broadens access so that hospitals and clinics in regions without clinical trial institutions can participate in clinical trials under a management framework, and it establishes a basis for exempting fees for devices with information-provision functions for people with disabilities. The MFDS said the overhaul is a follow-up measure intended to improve patient access while making safety and advertising standards clearer.
Perspective
This revision is significant in that it clearly moves in two directions at once: easing supply and review procedures on one hand to improve access on the ground, while imposing stricter standards on promotions that highlight AI on the other. For the industry, predictability in approval and supply processes may improve, but marketing that uses technology now has to be reexamined down to the wording. In the end, this is a trend of simultaneously loosening rules and strengthening oversight, and it should be read as a signal to change both development and launch strategies and advertising practices.
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