UDI Database of NMPA: Understand It Within 6 Minutes

The NMPA (National Medical Products Administration) released a short introductory video about the online UDI database, soon to be implemented for the first batch of medical devices on October 1, 2020.

Video Highlights

• The Unique Device Identifier (UDI) is the ID number of medical device
  • Enabling the traceability of all medical devices
  • Strengthening the product management during the enter life cycle
  • Improve the efficiency of market supervision

• The UDI is a set of unique codes combined by the Device Identifier (DI) and Production Identifier (PI)
  • The DI records static information related to the product
  • The PI records dynamic information related to the production process

• The UDI system consists of the UDI, UID carrier and UDI database

• In October 2019, the NMPA issued the UDI requirements of the first batch of medical devices

• The UDI database officially launched in March 2020 following the pilot phase in December 2019

As of September 7, 2020, a total of 98,919 medical devices and IVDs had successfully registered for the UDI code.

By Jacky Li. Contact Cisema if you would like to learn more.