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BD India keen to work with Union govt to train inspectors on
medical devices
Becton Dickinson India Pvt Ltd (BD India) expressed interest to work with the
Union government for training of inspectors at the office of DCGI and state
regulatory departments on medical devices. With legislation on medical devices
expected shortly, the training will help the inspectors to have a clear idea
about the regulations, auditing quality systems and surveillance of these
products.
The training programme follows DCGI warning on clamping down violators in the
medical devices sector who operate without licenses. A Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) forum for medical equipments mainly constituted by global majors
has been asked to associate itself in the initiative. Assessing the importance
of training in the sector, BD India is chipping in its expertise.
In this regard, BD India could team-up with either CII or Federation of Indian
Chamber of Commerce (FICC) to train drug inspectors. A regional inspectorate
from BD Singapore is expected to be in India by the year end to educate team of
inspectors under the Asian Harmonization Working Panel.
Early this year, APEC-funded a seminar on Harmonization of Medical Device
Regulation where the role of regulators, industry and distributors on the
Harmonization of Medical Device Regulation in the Asia/Pacific Region was
discussed at Kuala Lumpur. BD intends replicate the same for a local audience in
the country.
The inspectors have the experience in undertaking massive checks of
pharmaceutical products. Now with the medical devices regulation round the
corner, the training of inspectorate staff in the DCGI is vital. There is a need
to increase the knowledge about the regulatory process, understand the novel
features and functioning of the medical devices, Ram Sharma, managing director,
BD India told Pharmabiz.
The medical devices training programme will help to educate both regulators and
industry professionals. There will be interactive discussion between instructor
and inspectors to provide guidance on the role of regulators, industry and
distributors about the adherence of norms in the medical devices supply chain.
BD has been engaged in conducting seminars to educate health workers and
paramedical staff on the use of safety engineered devices and needle-based
syringes.
The company, which took off operations in India in 1996 has set up Asia's
largest syringe and medical device manufacturing plant at an investment of $100
million at Bawal near Rewari in Haryana. A range of disposable needles, syringes
and catheters like SoloShot LX auto-disable syringes and BD Venflon Pro Safety
IV Catheter with safety features against needle stick injury are produced here.
The products are utilized for the national immunization projects including TB
control and National Aids Control Organization for CD4 monitoring for HIV cases.
For the automation in the diagnosis of TB, BD offered the BACTEC System which
has helped to identify the strains resistant to anti-TB drugs in 7-10 days
rather than the 21 days using a manual method.
(Ref: The Chronicle Pharmabiz, Wednesday, October 01, 2008).
India's First Online Training Classes in Plastics by Indian Plastics Institute (IPI)
IPI-CMS e-Learning Partnership Programme
e-Academy
IPI_CMS has entered into an e-Learning partnership agreement with CMS Computers
Ltd., to set up an e-Learning academy for Plastic Professionals and for others
who would like to choose their academic career in Plastic Technology. As IPI is
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