Saudi Arabia has been elected at the chair of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP) of Medical Devices until 2021.
The chairmanship is renewed for the fourth year in a raw, under the Executive Vice Executive President for Medical Devices at Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Eng. Ali Al-Dalaan.
It comes as a continuation of the pioneering role that the Kingdom plays, represented by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority during its chairmanship of the organization, in the fields of legislation and regulations for medical devices.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) and G20 Saudi Secretariat, hosted last Tuesday a virtual meeting with the leaders of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP) of Medical Devices (scientific and technical groups), as a part of the activities of the international conferences program held on the sidelines of Saudi Arabia’s presidency of the G20.
UDI system (Saudi- DI) aims to record and document the identifier codes for medical devices based on international standards. Device (DI) codes will help the users and stakeholders to recognize all information related to the device through registered UDI codes and labeled on the device package