IMDRF contacts

Chair

Dr Larry Kelly
Group Coordinator
Monitoring and Compliance Group
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Australia
Email: imdrf.chair@tga.gov.au

Secretariat

Ms Linda Martin
Director
Monitoring and Compliance Group
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Australia
Email: imdrf.secretariat@tga.gov.au

About IMDRF

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) was conceived in February 2011, as a forum to discuss future directions in medical device regulatory harmonization. It is a voluntary group of medical device regulators from around the world who have come together to build on the strong foundational work of the Global Harmonization Task Force on Medical Devices (GHTF). The Forum will accelerate international medical device regulatory harmonization and convergence.

In October 2011, representatives from the medical device regulatory authorities of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, Japan and the United States, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) met in Ottawa to address the establishment and operation of this new Forum. A copy of the outcome statement from this meeting is available on the Therapeutic Goods Administration website.

IMDRF Management Committee

The IMDRF Management Committee, composed of regulatory officials, will provide guidance on strategies, policies, directions, membership and activities of the Forum. Furthermore, the Management Committee will oversee Ad Hoc Working Groups which may draw upon expertise from various stakeholder groups such as industry, academia, healthcare professionals, consumer and patient groups.

The inaugural IMDRF Chair and secretariat is Australia. The roles will rotate annually.

IMDRF meetings

The IMDRF Management Committee will meet bi-annually. The inaugural meeting took place in Singapore on 28 February to 1 March 2012. IMDRF meetings include an open session to which all interested stakeholders, such as industry, academia, health care professionals, and consumer and patient groups, are welcome.

The next IMDRF Meeting will be held in Sydney, Australia, on 25 to 27 September 2012.

The Open Stakeholder Session will take place on Wednesday 26 September 2012. Prior registration will be required, as numbers are limited.

Registrations are now OPEN - Interested parties can signal their preliminary interest in attending the Sydney open session, by contacting the IMDRF Secretariat at imdrf.secretariat@tga.gov.au.

Meeting outcome statements

Background information