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

The Centre has initiated a dialogue with certification organisations including UL India Private Limited, an affiliate of the US based underwriters Laboratories Inc, for appointing an authorised certification company for Indian medical devices.

The discussion is a sequel to the Central Government's decision to make it mandatory for all companies to have their medical devices certified.

The current global trend is that regulatory agencies in the US, Canada and Japan are authorising third party associates to act on their behalf with regard to product safety testing and certification. India is viewed as an emerging market with a lot of potential and UL is gearing up to support medical devices manufacturers in the country, Anil N Patel, director, Medical, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. who was in India, told Pharmabiz.

With the Central Government passing stringent orders on registration and certification of medical devices, manufacturers in India are looking to have their range of medical products notified. With UL being an authorised service provider of regulatory authorities in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan it can handle any size of operations.

The company's Medical Devices Centre of Excellence located in Bangalore is aggressively chalking out a plan to start accessing companies located in Australia, South Asia and South Africa with India as a base. Stepping up level of quality systems, consistency and market sampling in the area of medical devices would be the key focus areas," stated Patel.

The facility, which currently has strength of 110, including an audit team of six members to address any product safety and certification assignments, will increase its manpower to 150 by the end of 2006 informed R.A. Venkitachalam, managing director, UL India.

(Ref : Chronicle Pharmabiz dated December 29, 2005)

Kodak Unveils Advanced Films For Radiography

Kodak India Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of the US $ 13.5 billion Eastman Kodak Company, unveiled its latest slew of products for the medical imaging community, at the 59th Annual Indian Radiology Congress organised by the Indian Radiology and Imaging Association, which opened in the city last week. Among these products, are Hyper-speed and insight films, superior quality films for X-ray providing enhanced contrast and image quality for better diagnosis.

(Ref : Chronicle Pharmabiz dated January 12, 2006)