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• Ahmedabad Likely To Get First National Medical Device Centre

• Essel Propack Medical Biz Up For Sale

• Ethicon Introduces New Packaging For Biopatch To Improve Ease Of Application For Patients With Catheters

• Aptar Pharma Gears Up To Increase Presence In India With A Range Of Nasal & Pulmonary Devices

• Pharmexcil Constitutes Export Awards For Indian Pharma Companies

• New Draft Schedule M-III For Indian Medical Device Industry

• Guidelines For The Regulators For Assessment Of A Medical Device Manufacturing Organization

• Former DCGI Dr Venkateswarlu passed away

• AIMED Response to Budget 2009

• US FDA Alerts Healthcare Professionals Not To Share Insulin Pens & Cartridges

• New Study Reconfirms Long-Term Strength Of Biodesign Hernia Graft

• Boston Scientific Launches iCross Coronary Imaging Catheter

• Australian Medical Devices Cos Keen To Enter Indian Market

• DCGI Office Confuses Exporters Over Issuance Of WHO-GMP Certificate

• Centre Clears DBT's Proposal To Set Up National Institute Of Biomedical Genomics

• Medical Technology Industry Should Unite To Leverage Growth Potential: Experts

• Pharmexcil To Set Up Panels For Various Export Segments, Plans Outsourcing Expertise

• Separate Norms For Medical Devices Soon

• DCGI Discontinues WHO-GMP Certification

• HCL Technologies To Offer Tech Services To Medical Device Cos

• Commerce Ministry Extends DEPB Scheme Withdraws Reduction In DEPB Rates

• Nirmed Invests Rs 3 Cr For Greenfield Project To Manufacture Wound Care Products

• DuPont Opens Integrated Knowledge Center In India

• Marck To Set Up Sterile Dosages Facility With Rs 800 Mn

• GE Healthcare To Invest $50-60 Mn In India In 3 Years

• Centre Makes Use Of Auto Disable Syringes Mandatory In Govt. Hospitals From April 2009

• Baxter India Launches Renal Home Care

• Zonal Offices of CDSCO May Be Grated Powers For Issuing Licences Under CDA

• ThermoFisher To Make A’bad Global Clinical Packaging Hub

• Vinyl 2010 Essay Competition

• Department of Science and Technology (DST) Support For Promoting Innovative Clusters For Medical Device Industry

• BD India Keen To work with Union Govt To Train Inspectors On Medical Devices

• IPI-CMS e-Learning Partnership Programme

• Gujarat To Bolster Healthcare Sector

• CII To Organize Seminars On Regulation On Medical Devices

• Conference Theme For Next Delhi IPC: "Regulation For Better Healthcare"

• B Braun Launches Coroflex Please Drug Eluting Stent In India

• HLL, IL&FS Ink Mou For An Integrated Medical Devices And Diagnostic Manufacturing Park

• Govt. To Finance Center Of Excellence For Medical Textiles

• Kehlescope, A Tongue Depressor For Examining The Oral Cavity, Invented By Indian Doctors

• Productivity Council finds 40% SSI units shut due to enforcement of GMP norms

• US FDA to establish offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad soon

• Spurious drugs bill to be moved in next session of parliament

• Dr Batra's launches first tele-homeopathic clinic at Mumbai

• Centre allots Rs 630 cr for medicinal plants cultivation covering one lakh hectares

• DCGI warns illegal units making medical devices, directs to obtain licenses

• DCGI to establish multi-level complaint redressal system to address industry grievances

• GE Sensing develops Labwatch monitoring system for pharma-biotech sector

• CCE Software develops two new solutions for Pharma ERP and Medical Rep Management

• Welch Allyn launches FlexiPort blood pressure cuffs

• US FDA revises communication regulation to drug companies on applications

• Johnson & Johnson expects growth in hip replacement products, medical devices through 2012

• Solvay Advanced Polymers Commissions New PEEK Plant in India

• Trivitron JVs with intl cos. to set up India's first Medical Technology Park (MTP)

• Medical Devices Made with Tainted Heparin Recalled by Medtronic

• Italy-India forum focuses on technology co-operation

• Global medical nonwoven disposables market to reach $12 billion by 2010

• German firm invests Rs 110 cr in India

• Biocon Launches Pre-Filled Safety Syringe

• Siemens To Install India's 1st Magnetom Essenza At Aatmajyoti MRI Center

• DES From Abbott Outperforms Market-Leading Stent

• FDA Claims To Approve Medical Devices Faster

• Essel Propack: Acquisition In Medical Devices

• Medical Devices, The Next Big Step For Semiconductor Makers

• Fresenius Net Income Surges By 24% In 2007 At Euro 11,358 Million

• Govt to issue new guidelines for medical device industry

• India No More Hot Offshore R&D Centre

• Bigtec Invests Rs. 10 Cr For Advanced Biotech Lab At IISc Campus

• Marck To Enter Malaysia, S’pore & Indonesia Markets

• RG Stone Urology Plans Telemedicine, Satellite Centres In India

• Medical Equipment Cos Ask Govt To Bring Down Import Duty To 5% In Union Budget

• Cardiac Completes Certification For HeartCentrix With NextGen

• Dow Reveals Health and Hygiene Product Applications for INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers at INDEX 08

• J&J expands its presence in orthopaedics

• Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. gets ISO 13485

• India Can Emerge As Med Equipment Mfg Hub Soon

• Ecobliss Launches New Packaging Designs For Medical Products

• Medical Devices Regulation Bill Proposes Penalty Provisions Against Defaulters

• Fees For GMP Certification, Hike Of all Other Fees Likely Once CDAI Starts Operations

• Health Minister Releases Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007

• India To Emerge Leading Pharma Market Of The World

• SMEs Applying For CE Tag On Products May Get Govt Aid

• Asian Healthcare Sector To Beat US

• IIM-A To Attract Healthcare Innovations

• Johnson & Johnson Eyes Larger Pie of Orthopaedic Market

• Pharma Industry Packaging Gets Innovative

• World's 1st 3D ICU Ventilator Launched

• Mobile To Revolutionize Healthcare In Korea

• Jubilant Organosys Bags Golden Peacock Global Award 2007

• 'Destiny'- a New Digital Aid For Indian Market By Starkey

• Bayer's New Contour TS Blood Glucose Monitor Launched

• Roche Launches Insulin Pump

• HSBC PE (Asia) Fund, ePlanet To Invest US$ 11 Mn In Trivitron

• Fresenius Group Net Profit Up By 28%

• GE, Eli Lilly To Collaborate In Vitro Diagnostics For Cancer Treatment

• Metropolis To Start Operations In US, Thailand With Investment In JV, Acquisition

• Transasia Bio-Medicals Signs An Agreement With Grifols

• GE Healthcare's Dexa Scan To Speed Up Bone Mineral Density Testing In Rural Areas

• Alcon India Launches AcrySof® Restor® Lens

• GE Healthcare To Augment Engg. Head Count By 10%

• Indian Pharma Machinery Makers Go For Overseas Tie-Ups For Growth

• Solvay Advanced Polymers Launches Biomaterials For Use in Implantable Medical Devices

• Fresenius Kabi India On Expansion Spree

• Poly Medicure To Set Up New Facility In Haryana, Investing Rs 25 Crore

• Omnicell Inc Buoyant About Expansions In India, Assessing Healthcare Sector

• Special Stents For Brain Clots Coming Soon To India

• Metha Short Stem For Young Arthritis Patients

• Medical Equipment Companies Make A Beeline For India

• Hindustan Syringes To Invest Rs 100 Cr

• New Law To Regulate Medical Devices Market

• DSM Somos Stereolithography Resins Deliver Medical Industry Solutions

• Conference on Medical Grade Polymers : Report

• DBT Invites Joint Proposals From Indian, German Scientists

• Programme To Develop Cost-Effective Medical Solutions Launched

• Cisco Systems Rides High As Hospitals Go More Hi-tech

• Draft Medical Device Regulations Act for India

• Polymed to buy US co for $20 million

• Expro 68 participants from Columbia, Egypt, Tunisia Pakistan, India, Jordan and South Africa Seminar alongwith CBI Officials Ljenka Cuypers, Wiebe Vos, Cynthia Schenk and Consultants Leendert Santema, Arjan Hock and Fred Jansen

• Centre Plans Authority To Regulate Collection, Storage Of Blood

• GE Healthcare's Ultrasound Technology 'LOGIQ e' Installed At 100 Centres In India

• Fresenius Kabi To Push Up Parenteral Volumes

• Etipack Launches Pharmaceutical Labelling Systems

• Marck Biosciences Plans Global Expansion

• Alkem Lab Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Cooper Surgicals

• Medical Devices Like Stents, Catheters May Be Notified As Drug

• Legislation Promotes Healthcare IT Infrastructure and Patient Data Safety across Europe

• India-Stanford Joint Venture Launched To Create Medical Technology Innovation

• Govt. Plans Bill On Regulation Of Medical Devices

• Brand Scheme Scrapping Irks Medical Devices Industry

• Syringes And Needles Industry : In The Face Of Competition

• Philips Identifies India For Medical Equipment Biz

• BD Medical Launches Pro-Safety IV Catheter To Help Health Workers

• Time Technoplast To Set Up Medical Devices Unit In Baddi

• Marck Biosciences Plans Foray Into 20 Countries

• Opto Circuits To Buy Two Indian Medical Equipment Companies

• Gujarat FDCA To Provide Status Of Applications Through Website

• Service Tax On Contract Manufacturing In Excise Free States Likely Soon

• Toray Industries Introduces Water Purifier For Dialysis In India

• BD Medical Launches Pro-safety IV Catheter To Help Health Workers

• Time Technoplast To Set Up Medical Devices Unit In Baddi

• Time Technoplast Entering Capital Market

• Opto Circuits To Buy Two Indian Medical Equipment Companies

• Chemists Check Competition With BP

• 400 Hospitals Log Onto Telemedicine

• Govt Plans Regulation Of Retail Pharmacies

• Corporate Hospitals See 15% Earnings From Foreign Patients

• Heart Connect

• GE Healthcare To Augment Product Dept Capability

• Labelling Committee Moots Country Wise Code For Drug Exports

• Kitten To Market Timestrip’s Smart Label Technology In India

• Medical Devices Being Marketed Without Regulations, Safeguards In India

• Borealis Develops Polypropylene BH34MO For Pail Packaging

• AMDSI Urges Govt To Reduce Customs Duty, Set Up Medical Tech Park

• AIOCD To Float 10 State Wise Pharmacy Retail Chain Cos By 2008

• Companies Look To Gain From Budget Proposals

• US FDA Nod For Baxter's Colleague Infusion Pump

• Polymed Medicure Eyeing US Market

• Centralised Licensing With Inadequate Staff May Lead To Delay In Granting Product Licences

• Central Drug Authority Will Be Formed In Six Months : Dr Ramadoss

• Fresenius Medical Picks Up Majority Stake In Taiwanese Dialysis Firm

• The Corporate Healthcare Segment May Replicate The Success Of The Indian IT Sector, Say Experts

• IPR Comes With New Hi-tech Medical Waste Disposable Plan For Hospitals

• Fresenius To Expand Dialyzer Production Capacity At St Wandel

• Marck Biosciences In Talks With US Cos For Site Transfer

• Ranbaxy Group Forays Into Retail Healthcare

• Corona Cardiac Cathlab

• DBT Initiative To Assess Quality Of Medical Devices

• Cinvention Sees Huge Potential For Drug Eluting Stents Market

• Sterling Hospital To Invest Rs. 120 Cr in Surat & Rajkot

• Medical Tourism Gets Tech Massage

• Scientists Harness Mysteries Of Brain

• Healthcare Firms To Lead Job Creation

• Bilcare Receives US Patent For 3 Products

• White Paper On Pharma Vision 2020 To Be Presented To Centre Before March '07

• Indian Pharmacopoeia To Ink With European Counterpart

• MEF In Making To Promote Indigenous Designing Of Devices

• Hindustan Latex To Open Hospitals

• Becton Dickinson To Make India Base For New Drugs

• Solvay Upgrades Facility In India

• Nano Interface Technology Explores India Operations

• Chemists Prescribe Retail Pill For Survival

• India, Germany Plan Mutual Recognition of GMP Certification

• Chennai Based C&D Assn Moots Medi Linc, A Retail Chain For Small Drug Stores

• NABH Plans Quality Standards For Blood Banks, Medical Imaging Services

• Medtronic new product for diabetics

• Baxter Inc Aligns Indian Operations

• Space Hospitals To Widen Telemedicine Services Throughout India

• Dr. M. Venkateswarulu Takes Charge As Drugs Controller of India (DCGI)

• Imported Non-Sterile Medical Devices Meant For Sterile Use Need Mandatory Registration

• HLL to venture into vaccine manufacturing, sets sales target of Rs.1000 cr by 2010
  India, China To Account For 25 Percent Global Analytical Equipment Market By 2007

• Plastindia Foundation: New Team of Office Bearers for the term 2006 - 2009

• Too Many New Medical Devices Leave Doctors At Sea

• TTK & Co Acquires 20% Holding of TTK Healthcare Through 'Open Offer'

• ResMed Launches India Operations With Respicure Medsys

• Baxter To Introduce Extraneal PD Solution

• US FDA To Join PIC/S To Help In Harmonisation of GMPs

• SonoSite To Expand Hand-Carried Ultrasound Systems Market In India

• Philips Medical eyes JVs in equipment market

• Ashwini Kumar, Drugs Controller General of India In-Charge Retires Today

• Bioengineered Tissue Repairs Damaged Knee Cartilages

• Cordis' Third-Generation Coronary Stent Approved For Use In Europe

• Millipore India Invests Rs 25 Lakh For Lab-On-Wheels Project

• ICMR, DBT Plans Revised Ethical Guidelines For Biomedical Research

• MV Hospital Completes Study of Low Cost LCT Device

• Indian Medical Transcription Is Back In The Pink

• GE Investing $250 Mn In Infrastructure, Healthcare

• 'Cos Looking To Cut Costs In Medical Transcriptions'

• Poly Medicure Acquires US Company

• More Than 10k Transcriptions Required Each Yr

• Marck Biosciences To Inject Rs 72 crore For Kheda Unit

• Centre Extends Application Deadline For Import, Registration of Medical Devices to June 29

• Guideline For Medical Devices May Hurt Industry : CII

• Axa Sets Up IV Fluids Facility At Roorkee

• Punjab Government Plans To Introduce Medical Engineering Courses At University Level

• Korean Co Nuga Medicals Enters Indian Market

• Health Ministry To Lay Down Quality Standards For Medical Devices Soon

• In the US, the Manufacture of Medical Devices and Supplies Includes 12,000 Companies with Combined Annual Revenue of about $50 Billion

• Medical Device Companies Quick to Adopt Ethics Standards to Combat Fraud and Abuse, Finds PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey

• Essel Propack forays into medical devices business. Acquiring 2 companies - Tacpro Inc., USA & Avalon Medical Services, Singapore

• Need for joint implants to jump

• Health Ministry's Guidelines For Import, Manufacture of Medical Devices Effective From March 1

• "Regulation Will Help Growth of Medical Devices Sector In India"

• Govt To Spend Rs 360 Cr On Health Regulator

• Indian Biotech Industry To Touch US$ 5 Billion Mark By 2010

• Apollo Enters Healthcare Biz

• Medical insurance is growing at a clip of 30% a year but further opening of the sector to foreign direct investment and a tariff-free regime may well provide a booster dose.

• UL Pitching To Be India's Authorised Certification Company For Medical Devices

• Kodak Unveils Advanced Films For Radiography

• NBI To Begin Testing of Medical Devices

• Indigenous DES Yet To Consolidate

• True Pack To Invest Rs. 8 Cr. For Advanced Pharma Packaging Plant

• India's First Indigenous Drug Eluting Stent Receives CE Approval

• Hindustan Latex Sets Rs. 1000 Cr. Turnover Target By 2010

• Pall and Biotrace Sign Global Agreement to Market Microbiological Air Monitoring Technology to the Pharmaceutical Industry

• 'India- A $300-m Medical Device Market'

• Diabetes Related Foot Amputation Rise To 50,000 A Year In India

• DGFT Eases Import Norms For Medical Items Not Covered Under Drugs Act

• Expert Group To Recommend Quality Certification For Medical Devices

• Sterilization Plant For Medical Products Ready To Take Off

• Centre notifies 10 medical devices as 'drugs'

• NID Develops Safe Storage Device For Vaccines

• 'Half Of The Drug Eluting Stents Used In India Lack Adequate Trial Data'

• Nidek To Strengthen Ophthalmic Business In India

• AMO To Launch New Ophthalmic Products In India

• States Ignore AERB Directive To Monitor X-Ray & Scan Centres

• Medtronic To Market Endeavor DES in India

• Nirma Completes Due Diligence of Core

• Motherson To Acquire German G+S

• Centre Plans Guideline For Uniform Action Against NSQ Medical Devices

• DTAB Nod On Medical Device Control On August 2

• Care To Implant New Cardiac Device In 100 Patients As Part Of Global Study

• NGO Launches Nationwide Campaign Against Unapproved Medical Devices

• Relisys To Commission New Catheter Facility By Early 2005

• Relisys To Initiate Int'l Registry For New Version DES

• Mah FDA Order May Hit Domestic Stent Makers

• Korean Firm In Rs 86-cr JV For Stem Cell Bank

• Nirma Close To Sealing Core Deal

• Maharashtra FDA Wrong In Insisting On US FDA Nod For Using DES : Bangalore Cardiologists

• EU Model Systems For Medical Devices With BIS Fixing Approval Standards

• Cardiac Stents Without Approval

• Telemedicine Network Linking 30 Private Hospitals In TN Taken Off

• IPA, Bilcare Sign MoU For Packaging

• Paramedical & Physiotherapy Councils Bill - 2004 : Physiotherapists Find Not Acceptable

• Medical Architecture : IIA Forming Standardised Guidelines

• GE Healthcare Launches High Definition Magnetic Resonance (HDMR) System In India

• The Potential For Medical Tourism In India Bigger Than Estimated One Billion Dollars

• GE Healthcare teams with Dr Trehan for ''Medicity''

• India to outrun China in 15 years : Deutsche Bank study

• Clinical Trials : 20 per cent of all clinical trials conducted globally will be from India

• SSI Ministry rejects plea for further reviews of Schedule M modification

• Doubling exports to create 1cr. jobs

• Diagnostic Reagents And Kits : GMP Norms

• Medical Packaging : DuPont P&IP to market authentication technologies

• Health Ministry plans 50 testing labs in 3 years

• Nirma to shell out Rs. 300 Cr. for Core Healthcare acquisition

• Health Insurance Market And Third Party Administrators (TPA)

• Manipal Edu. And Medical Group (India) Signs MoU with German Company For Hospital Waste Management

• Nymox's Alzheimer urine test kit to hit European markets

• Apollo Health Signs MoU With SBI For Financing Apollo Clinics Franchises

• Wockhardt launches automatic insulin delivery devices

• SIS to consolidate Indian operations

• Vascular Concepts to launch combination drug eluting stent

• Fresenius to invest Rs 10 crore in Pune Facility

• Mexican drug industry delegation visits Indian drug firms

• IVTPL launches latest DES-COSTER for coronary heart disease

• Fresenius To Upgrade I.V. Fluid Units To European Standard

• Medtronic Offers Insulin Pumps In Indian Market

• Auto Disable Syringes : Hindustan Medical Devices (HMD) Tie Ups With Pharma Multinationals

• US Pharmacopeia Sets Up India Site

• Medical Devices Bill : Before Parliament Soon

• Pharma Packaging : Bilcare's Expansion plan for Exports

• Nirma acquires Core Healthcare's IV fluids business

• India's first PET/CT system launched at Tata Memorial Hospital

• Korean company to set up Asia's largest cord blood bank in India

• Hindustan Signs mktg pact with BD for auto-disable syringes

• Win Medicare launches hepatonorm analyzer for detecting liver diseases

• Hindustan Latex looks into clinical services and pharma foray

• Wockhardt lines up three hospital projects

• Nicholas Piramal to rebrand diagnostic labs

• IHF lists 50 hospitals as India's medical tourism destinations

• Medtronic, Novo team to enhance diabetes management

• Govt. to keep a close watch, on healthcare delivery

• CDSCO committee to chart structure of medical device regulatory division

• Law For Medical Devices

• Indian Healthcare Federation (IHFC) To Launch Country's First Accreditation System For Healthcare Institutions 

• Asia's Largest Healthcare City Soon In West Bengal (India) 

• Medical Insurance Set To Grow By 30 % 

• Medical Tourism In India : Attracting 15 million patients now, medical tourism would generate $ 5 Billion In Revenues. 

• Association of Medical Devices and Suppliers of India (AMDSI) Formed To Represent Suppliers And Manufacturers Of Medical Technology (MT)

• The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, inaugurated "The International Centre for Biomedical Sciences and Technology" in Chennai ( India ). 

• NASA to collaborate with Indian bio-medical Industry

• Manipal introduces laser technology for ENT surgery

• Heart Core ties up with Synchron for medical imaging

• India's Healthcare is thriving 'privately'

• Polar Pharma to make equipment

• Baxter to make Indian arm global hub

• Manufacturing medical devices indigenously can reduce health care costs : Dr. Reddy

• Metropolis Health to foray abroad

• Medicare Incin to set up bio-medical waste facilities in four cities

• Bar Code Technology For Healthcare Sector

• Docs See jackpot in medical tourism

• Bharat Scans turns hi-tech

• Apollo Hospitals looks for pacts in West Asia, Africa

• For Sector To Take Off, Legislation And Infrastructure Need To Be In Place

• India turns to Gulf to sell healthcare services

• Hindustan Latex, Chinese co in JV for contraceptives

• Virtual autopsies may replace need for scalpels one day

• India set to become a global hub

• Healthcare just got an energy shot

• Budget Impact on Pharma

• Penny Pinches

• India Excels with software for handicapped

• India Inc needs 'next practices': CK Prahlad

• Pharmaexcil action plan to be in by April

• Medical part cos to benefit from expansion in health sector