Medical Device Sector Delinked From Pharma

The government has accepted the long-standing demand of the medical devices sector to delink it from the pharmaceutical sector. The health ministry has agreed to delink schedule M III of the Drug Rules, which deals with medical devices, from schedule M, which deals with drugs and pharmaceuticals.The revised schedule is being put up on the website of the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) inviting comments from the public after which a notification will be issued through the law ministry for changing the Drug Rules...

AIMED Launches UdaiMed, India’s First Industry - Academia Collaboration For Medical Devices R&D

The Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) has launched ‘UdaiMed’, a new sunrise forum for collaborative interface between user, developer, academia, industry and medical device development in India...

CM Promises Land For India’s First Medical Devices Park In India

Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Wednesday agreed to provide land in the state for country’s first medical devices park. She was speaking during the stone-laying function of the permanent campus of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Gandhinagar...

Arbitary MRP Printing On Imported Medical Devices Raising Healthcare Cost

Association of Indian Medical Device Manufacturers (AIMED), has expressed grave concern over the raging malpractice of arbitrary MRP printing on imported medical devices leading to fleecing of unsuspecting Indian consumers. This is forcing Indian manufacturers to respond similarly raising the overall healthcare cost in the country...