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          Innovative Medical Devices With Less Cost, Less Energy 
          EU-funded researchers are driving 
          innovation, and the healthcare sector is projected to be the latest 
          beneficiary of this effort. Researchers from the DESYRE ('On-demand 
          system reliability') project are developing a system that is reliable 
          but based on unreliable components. DESYRE is backed under the 
          'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's 
          Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 2.8 million... 
          
          Health 
          Ministry Seeks Increased Budget Allocation To Regularize Medical 
          Devices Sector 
          With the industry keenly waiting for more 
          sops to the growing medical devices industry in the budget, the Union 
          health ministry has sought increased allocation from the Finance 
          Minister to put in place required manpower and infrastructure as 
          proposed by the pending bill in this regard... 
          
          Medical Plastics Market Offers Promise For Western Firms 
          In Brussels in December, many speakers at 
          the Plastics in Medical Devices conference agreed that the developed 
          markets, unlike in many other areas of the plastics industry, will 
          lead growth in medical plastics... 
          
          Husky 
          Opens Chennai, India, Operation 
          Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. has 
          opened its new factory in Chennai, India, targeting both that country 
          and other nations in the South Asian Association for Regional 
          Cooperation, which includes Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka... |