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Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay Area (GBA) is a designated geographical area that includes the nine mainland cities of Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Huizhou, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai.
The Great Bay Area offers a fast-track approval procedure that makes it easier and quicker to sell, register, import, and use medical devices and drugs in “urgent” need by one of the designated GBA hospitals without an NMPA approval.
Criteria: 1) Product cannot be replaced by a similarly approved product in mainland China, 2) Product needs HK or Macao registration, 3) Product needs to have been procured and used by a public hospital in HK or Macao, and 4) Product shall be used for a specific medical purpose at designated hospital in the GBA.
As of September 2024, 45 hospitals have been designated to benefit from this preferential policy.
As of October 2024, 79 medical products (40 medical devices + 39 drugs) have been approved by the Guangdong MPA for exclusive use at the GBA hospitals.
Location – Getting There
International flights to Hong Kong, and direct flights and high-speed train connections between Hong Kong, Macao, and the nine mainland cities of Guangdong Province included in the GBA.
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