Hindustan Syringes Sends Over 56 Million Pieces to Covax Facility

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices, one of the largest suppliers of syringes, has sent its first shipment of 56 million pieces of auto disable syringes to Covax facility as the race for safe and effective vaccine continues...

Japan Commits Rs 3500Cr To Strengthen Indian Health Sector

The Govt. of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY50 billion (approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support...

Medical Device Industry Demands Separate Marketing Practices Code Different From Pharma Industry

As the characteristics of the medical device industry are different from the pharmaceutical industry, the medical device industry has sought a separate marketing practices code for the medical devices industry...

COVID-19 Treatment: CDSCO Shows Green Flag To Baxter India Oxiris Filter

Gurugram: Healthcare firm Baxter India on Tuesday said it has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for the use of its Oxiris blood purification filter for the treatment of Covid-19 patients...

SCTIMST inks MoU with Tynor Orthotic to boost orthotic devices

The main objective of this Institute-Industry collaboration is to develop a cluster of orthoses for catering to clinical conditions such as osteoarthritis and diabetic foot ulcer...

IPC Rolls Out PPE Adverse Event Reporting Form As Part Of MvPI For Patient And Health Worker Safety

In order to collect information on Medical Devices Adverse Event (MDAE) in India, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has rolled out personal protective equipment (PPE) adverse event reporting form as part of the Materiovigilance Programme of India (MvPI) for patient and health worker safety...

NATHEALTH and APACMED join hands to advance medical technology for UHC in India

In India, the government schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) and Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana have helped India take bold steps towards UHC...

Kraton’s BIAXAM kills up to 99.99% of microbes including SARS-CoV-2

Kraton Corporation, a leading global producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products, is seeking regulatory approval for BIAXAM, a novel sulfonated polymer technology with long-lasting self-disinfecting properties that has been demonstrated in studies to quickly inactivate...

Medical device importers ask govt to incentivize innovations for economies of scale for affordability

Medical device importers have urged the government to incentivize innovations towards economies of scale for their affordability to common man...

Goa hopes to qualify for medical device park, appoints consultant

Panaji: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for setting up of a medical device park at Verna...

Kerala to have one of the first medical device parks

NEW DELHI: Kerala will soon house one of the first medical device parks in the country, focusing on the high-risk medical device sector to provide a full range of services for the medical devices industry like Research and Development (R and D) support, testing, and evaluation...

German glassmaker SCHOTT AG appoints Pawan Kumar Shukla as MD

Glass industry expert Pawan Kumar Shukla takes charge at the helm of SCHOTT’s tubing plant in Gujarat...

MEDICA and COMPAMED go virtual

MEDICA 2020 and COMPAMED 2020 will take place entirely online from 16 to 19 November.

Within the framework of 'virtual.MEDICA' and 'virtual.COMPAMED', decision-makers from all sectors of the healthcare industry can expect a comprehensive range of products and services at virtual.MEDICA.de...

Anti-bacterial film developed for touchscreen medical devices

Display and embedded solutions provider Review Display Systems has announced the availability of a nano-silver anti-bacterial laminate film that can be used to enhance the safety of touchscreen-based healthcare equipment...

Messe Frankfurt India plans to launch Medical Device Innovation Summit as large format event in 2020

Messe Frankfurt India plans to launch Medical Device Innovation Summit as a large-format Conference and Exhibition in 2021.

At the first digital session of Medical Device Innovation Summit held recently addressed the need to promote innovation...

Best time to invest in pharma, medical device sector: DV Sadananda Gowda

The Indian pharma sector, currently valued at USD 40 billion, has the potential to become a global pharmacy hub in the coming years, the Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister said in a statement...

CHP to offer expert consultative advice for setting up medical device and pharma parks in UP

The Council for Healthcare and Pharma (CHP) will offer expert consultative advice for the setting up of medical device and pharmaceutical parks in the State of Uttar Pradesh, in line with the Prime Minister’s vision for an Atmanirbhar Bharat...

Indian Medical Device Industry, growing faster during COVID-19 pandemic

As India geared up to fight the COVID-19 crisis, the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry relentlessly worked at the forefront to combat the crisis. Mr Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, AiMED at the behalf of the Indian Medical Device industry...

VIEW: Untold story of Indian medtech and how to make it ‘Atmanirbhar’

India has larger medtech companies, but predominantly trading Chinese products, refurbished machines or selling products that are not compliant with international safety standards...

Govt lifts ban on export of PPE suits, face masks, hand sanitisers

Announcing the decision to revoke the ban on exports, the ministry also said that restrictions on the export of the diagnostic kits, N-95/FFP2 face masks will continue and their export will be subjected to a monthly quota, above which their supply to other countries will not be allowed...

From Being A Net Importer, India Now Manufactures Over 5 Lakh PPE Kits Per Day: Union Minister Sadananda Gowda

India has become the second largest producer of the personal protective equipment (PPE) kits in the world with daily production capacity surpassing 5 Lakh per day, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday (17 September)...

Abbott launches heart rhythm management devices in India

CRT-Ds are used to prevent sudden death similar to traditional ICDs, but in addition, act to restore the heart’s natural pattern of beating in patients with reduced cardiac function and progressive heart failure despite optimal medical therapy.

Ceresana Examines the World Market for Thermoplastic elastomers

Market research specialist Ceresana has analyzed the global market for TPEs for the third time. Global revenues generated with TPEs are expected to increase to almost $21bn by 2027....