The regulation of medical devices in Australia

1. The regulation of medical devices inAustralia

2. Overview • Risk classification rules • In vitro diagnostic tests • Essential principles • Conformity assessment • Safety and performance • Other education modules Comparing medicines and medical devices What is a medical device? Statistics on patients requiring medical devices How does a medical device get to market? The benefit versus risk approach

3. Comparing medicines and medical devices • A medical device does not achieve its principal intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means like a medicine or vaccine

4. What is a medical device? Bandages Dental implant Breast implant Glucose monitor • The TGAdefines a medical device as an instrument apparatus, appliance, material or other article intended to be used for human beings for: • diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, injury or disability • investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process • control of conception

5. Many patients require medical devices Tens of thousands of hip and knee procedures are performed every year. Ongoing safety and performance monitoring is important to ensure public safety after the device is made available on the market. 5

6. How does a medical device get to market? • Medical devices can not be tested like medicines in a traditional clinical trial • Information on their performance and safety is important prior to market authorisation • Most new devices are improvements of older versions based on data collected from real life use • A sponsor makes an application to include a device on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods(ARTG) so that it can be legally supplied in Australia • The applicant must have information available to demonstrate the quality, safety and performanceof the medical device • The device must undergo a Conformity Assessment* procedure and comply with the Essential Principles*. *More information about what this means is provided later in the presentation

7. Benefit versus risk approach • Risk to patients, users and other persons (probability and severity of harm) • Degree of invasiveness in the human body The level of regulation is based on consideration of: • Intended use of the device • Duration of use • Risk classification is based on: A device may be selected for review by the TGA once it is on the market. More information and case studies are in the educational module on postmarket monitoring. 7

8. Risk classification rules – medical devices • Lower risk • Higher risk

9. In vitro diagnostic tests Examples of IVDs • In vitro diagnostics have been regulated since July 2010 – with a four year transition period. By the end of the transition period (2014) all IVDs will be regulated to protect public and personal health

10. Risk classification rules - IVDs • Lower risk • Higher risk

11. General principles • Use of medical devices not to compromise health and safety • Design and construction of medical devices to conform to safety principles • Medical devices to be suitable for intended purpose • Long-term safety • Medical devices not to be adversely affected by transport or storage • Benefits of medical devices to outweigh any side effects Essential principles that govern devices See the following slide for an example

12. Assessing benefits versus known side effects • Left ventricular assist device • Complex medical devices used to assist with the ventricular flow of blood to the body in patients with significant heart failure • Associated with a number of known complications due their mechanical complexity and the patient groups in which they are used • Clinical evidence generated by the manufacturer could demonstrate that the benefits outweigh the side effects of the device by offering significant improvements in quality of life for users

13. Essential principles that govern devices • Principles about design and construction • Chemical, physical and biological properties • Infection and microbial contamination • Construction and environmental properties • Medical devices with a measuring function • Protection against radiation • Medical devices connected to or equipped with an energy source • Information to be provided with medical devices • Clinical evidence • Principle only applicable to IVDs See the following slide for an example

14. Devices and energy sources • ECG patient monitor • Interprets the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes attached to the surface of the skin • Manufacturer must design and produce the device in a way that ensures that when the device is used correctly under normal conditions there is protection against faults • For example, patients and users are protected against the risk of accidental electric shock

15. Conformity assessment Conformity assessments are all about the manufacturer! They are used to ensure the essential principles and other regulatory requirements are met. The procedure for demonstrating this varies depending on the classification of the device. Generally, the conformity assessment procedure is more rigorous the higher the risk class • Increasing level of assessment • Increasing risk classification

16. Safety and performance – ongoing activities • Reviews of technical and clinical information to ensure that compliance with the essential principles and conformity assessment procedures is demonstrated • Testing to confirm compliance with the essential principles • Inspections of manufacturer or sponsor records and documentation • Audits of distribution records • Audits of the traceability of raw materials used in the manufacture of therapeutic goods and tracking of component parts • Trend analysis and reporting to sponsors

17. More information There are also five other modules in this suite of educational materials. These can be accessed by the links on the next slide. • We have systems in place that provide access to unapproved medical devices. For example, under the Special Access Scheme an unapproved device can be obtained for a single patient on a case-by-case basis. Further information is in the medicines educational module • We have created a separate educational module on postmarket monitoring which details what we do once the products are in the supply chain. This is an integral part of the regulatory system • The module covers more of the: • inclusion process • our vigilance and compliance programs 17

18. Other education modules include: Introduction to the TGA Medicines Biologicals Postmarket monitoring Good Manufacturing Practice