Smith+Nephew recently opened a 250,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Malaysia. Representing a more than $100 million investment, the plant will primarily support the British medtech giant’s orthopedics business, which the company expects to grow strongly in the Asia-Pacific region. S+N expects the facility — located at the Batu Kawan Industrial Park in Malaysia’s northwest state […]
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Insulet breaks ground on $200M manufacturing facility in Malaysia
Insulet (Nasdaq:PODD) announced the groundbreaking of its new Omnipod manufacturing facility in Malaysia. Acton, Massachusetts–based Insulet’s Johor Bahru, Malaysia-based manufacturing facility will produce its Omnipod automated insulin delivery system and strengthen the company’s global manufacturing capabilities. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
New Malaysian medical device labeling, reporting requirements mostly in line with EU rules
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The Malaysian Medical Device Authority (MDA) has published draft guidance on new medical device labeling rules as well as mandatory problem reporting based primarily on European Union labeling requirements. MDA labeling requirements According to an initial Emergo analysis of the MDA labeling guidance, many of the proposed Malaysian device labeling […]