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bioaccess.™ Helps ClarVista Medical (acquired by Alcon) Gain Approval in Colombia to Commercialize its HARMONI® Modular IOL – a Novel IOL Used to Restore Vision after Cataract Surgery
bioaccess.™ Helps ClarVista Medical (acquired by Alcon) Gain Approval in Colombia to Commercialize its HARMONI® Modular IOL – a Novel IOL Used to Restore Vision after Cataract Surgery

ClarVista Medical, Inc. ("ClarVista"), a privately-held ophthalmic device company —acquired by Alcon in 2017— developer of the HARMONI Modular IOL System, a novel intraocular lens (IOL) used to restore vision after cataract surgery, obtained regulatory approval at Colombia's INVIMA to commercialize its HARMONI Modular IOL. bioaccess.™ led the registration process and became ClarVista's legal representative in Colombia. 

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Market AccessJulio G. Martinez-ClarkClarVista Medical, Colombia, medical device registration, invimaComment
Colombia becomes the most clinical trial-friendly country in Latin America; it now boasts the best study protocol approval times in the region: 30 days for medical devices and 60 days for drugs
Colombia becomes the most clinical trial-friendly country in Latin America; it now boasts the best study protocol approval times in the region: 30 days for medical devices and 60 days for drugs

Colombia's National Institute of Food and Drug Monitoring (INVIMA), announced that it has reduced from 4.5 months (135 days) to 2 months (60 days) the processing time for the evaluation and approval of a clinical research human study protocol involving an investigational drug. INVIMA announced this change on its website on April 12, 2016, and also stated that it would achieve this time reduction by improving the efficiency of internal processes without compromising the quality of the evaluation of the study protocol.

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ColombiaJulio G. Martinez-ClarkColombia, clinical trial, invima, approval time, processing timeComment