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AMTZ and Kyrgyzstan Government Sign MoU for Medical Equipment
Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kyrgyzstan government for the supply of medical equipment.
Hindustan Syringes Launches Dispojekt to Reduce Needlestick Injuries
Company aims to capture 60-70% of disposable syringes market in India.
Kerala Emerges as a Medical Device Manufacturing Hub
Kerala is slowly emerging as a manufacturing hub for medical devices, thanks to a clutch of local entrepreneurs who have made the state their base for this highly advanced industry.
ATMED Launch Event: A Historic Moment for Tamil Nadu's Medical Device Sector
Chennai, August 26, 2023 - The medical device industry in Tamil Nadu witnessed a significant milestone as the Association of Tamil Nadu Medical Device Industry (ATMED) was officially inaugurated on August 26, 2023, du…
HMD Reaches Milestone of Supplying 500 Million 0.5 ml AD Syringes to Govt for Covid Vaccination
Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD), one of the leading manufacturers of Disposable Syringes in the World and possibly the largest for Auto Disable syringes on Monday, 11th Oct has achieved another mileston…
The ASEAN medical device market
The region’s medical device market is expected to grow strongly and access to the market will improve in the coming years due to a number of factors :
Tekni-Plex Announces $15 Million Investment in New China Manufacturing Facility
New facility supports Tekni-Plex's continued commitment to global supply network
The Eleven Most Implanted Medical Devices In America
Implanted medical devices are one of the most profitable businesses of the U.S. healthcare industry.
Biomedical Waste Causes 10-15% Infections Among Public In AP
The biomedical waste generated from hospitals causes 10-15 % infections in Andhra Pradesh, revealed a survey released by Multipurpose Awareness Society in Hyderabad.
Interventional Cardiac Devices Market To Reach $6.93 Bn In 2020
The Interventional Cardiac Devices Market, estimated $1.49 billion in 2013 is likely to reach $6.93 billion in 2020, according to an analysis from Frost & Sullivan.
Sourcing from ASEAN Countries
Half of the global elderly population lives in Asia, and that share will rise to more than 60% by 2050. In Southeast Asia, the percentage of people over age 65 will more than quadruple by 2050. As people age they have…
Pharmexcil To Represent India Pavilion At Arab Health 2013 In Dubai
In order to showcase the robust Indian pharmaceutical industry and also to strengthen relationship with other countries for export, the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) will participate i…
Overview of Canada's Medical Device Industry
Ruchi Agarwal Trade Commissioner, Canadian Trade Office, Ahmedabad Email: ruchi.agarwal@international.gc.ca Web: www.india.gc.ca Tel: 00 91 79 2550 0351/ 2550 5053, Fax: 00 91 79 25502433
Cost Advantage Of Imported Medical Devices Against Domestic Players Rose By 20% Last Year: AIMED
The cost advantage of the medical devices imported from overseas as against the Indian manufacturers has increased up to 20 per cent in the last one year owing to various fiscal policies and, affecting both the Indian…
Small Hospitals Need Cheaper Devices
With rising healthcare costs, citizens of both emerging and developed economies are increasingly looking at affordable and accessible medical care. This, in turn, has led to a surge in demand for costcompetitive medic…
Trivitron Inks Pack With IIT Madras To Set Up Biomedical R&D Centre In IIT Campus
The Chennai-based medical devices manufacturing company, Trivitron Health care Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT Madras to set up a Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research & Development and D…
Market survey: the medical devices and disposables market in the EU
This CBI market survey 'The medical devices and disposables market in the EU' gives an overview of the opportunities and threats that potential exporters from developing countries (DC) should analyse before making a d…
Boston Scientific Launches iCross Coronary Imaging Catheter
Boston Scientific Corporation has launch of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheter, a product designed to improve the deliverability of the company's market-leading intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology, the iLab U…
Medical Technology Industry Should Unite To Leverage Growth Potential: Experts
The Indian medical devices industry which is growing at the rate of around 50 per cent per annum has immense opportunities to leverage in the near future, provided the stakeholders and the government meeting the exist…
California Biomedical Industry
California’s biomedical industry is its own unique ecosystem. Anchored by more than 2,700 biomedical companies and 100 public and private research institutions, the industry has spawned a network of highly specialized…
Knock Right Doors At Right Time
Advises Mr. Leendart Santema to Medical Device Exporters From Developing Countries
Manufacturers’ Responsibilities
As might be expected, a manufacturer in charge of medical device production has a significant list of responsibilities when he or she is seeking to conform to European Medical Device Vigilance System guidelines. These…
Medical Device Industry : Pros & Cons of E- Business
E- Business is a hot item for companies all over the world, including SMEs in developing countries. But which e- business applications are conducive to exporting to the European Union? To help answer the question, the…
Biocon Launches Pre-Filled Safety Syringe
Biocon on Wednesday annonced launch of a new drug delivery system, a pre-filled safety syringe device for two of its lifesaving drugs for kidney and cancer patients. The new device , launched in collaboration with US-…
Fees For GMP Certification, Hike Of all Other Fees Likely Once CDAI Starts Operations
Setting up of the Central Drug Authority of India may prove 'too heavy' for the pharmaceutical industry in the country with the proposal to have a flat increase in the present fee structure and introduction of a new f…
Govt. To Finance Center Of Excellence For Medical Textiles
The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) based in Coimbatore has been identified by the Union Ministry of Textiles as the center of excellence for production of medical textiles products.
Gujarat To Bolster Healthcare Sector
Gujarat is now looking for upgradation of healthcare sector in the state to provide better social life. For the purpose, the state plans to introduce Public Health Act to streamline the health sector and address the e…
Johnson & Johnson Eyes Larger Pie of Orthopaedic Market
In a bid to grow its presence in the Indian orthopaedic devices market, US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is planning to roll out India-specific devices.
Spurious drugs bill to be moved in next session of parliament
The Union health ministry will put on fast track the much delayed Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2005, stipulating stricter penalties for manufacturing and selling spurious drugs and will move the bill in the f…
European Markets For Oxygen Therapy Devices
Rising Incidence of COPD Promotes Growth in the European Markets for Oxygen Therapy Devices
MEDICAL MIRACLES : Participation by Indian Medical Device Companies
The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI, www.cbi.eu ) was established in 1971.CBI is an Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and part of the development cooperation effort of The Ne…
Alcon India Launches AcrySof ® Restor® Lens
ALCON India, recently launched AcrySof® Restor® lens, which is unique technological innovation that can provide quality vision throughout the entire visual spectrum.
Chemists Check Competition With BP
In an attempt to counter the threats posed by big pharma retail chains, chemist stores across the country have rolled up their sleeves and initiated a series of steps to match the offers promised by big chains.
DBT Initiative To Assess Quality Of Medical Devices
The Germany based Cinvention AG, a leading technology company focusing on a nano-composite materials in biomedical applications is pitching on drug eluting stents market globally.
GE Healthcare To Augment Product Dept Capability
Global medical diagnostic major GE Healthcare will be increasing its product development capability and manpower strength in the country shortly.
Hindustan Syringes To Invest Rs 100 Cr
Disposable syringe manufacturer Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD) will invest up to Rs 100 crore in the next three years for expansion and expects the surge in demand for its products to fuel the top-line t…
HSBC PE (Asia) Fund, ePlanet To Invest US$ 11 Mn In Trivitron
Trivitron, India's leading medical technology company, has announced a significant investment of US$ 11 million, by a wholly owned subsidiary of the HSBC Asian Ventures Fund 2 Limited advised by HSBC Private Equity (A…
Indian Pharmacopoeia To Ink With European Counterpart
The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is moving closer to tie up with the European Pharmacopoeia, an umbrella body for 34 nations, aiming an observer status and reap more gains in the international spectrum.
Omnicell Inc Buoyant About Expansions In India, Assessing Healthcare Sector
The $169 million, Omnicell Inc., a NASDAQ listed global major in healthcare technologies, has identified India for its offshore software initiatives in product development, testing and support. The company is assessin…
Service Tax On Contract Manufacturing In Excise Free States Likely Soon
Union Finance Ministry may impose a service tax on contract manufacturers in excise free state zones, it is learnt. The move to levy service tax on this group of companies in the context of heavy losses of excise duty…
Transasia Bio-Medicals Signs An Agreement With Grifols
Transasia Bio-Medical Ltd. has signed an agreement with Grifols, Spain to exclusively distribute its range of instruments and reagents in the field of transfusion medicine in the Indian market. Through this partnershi…
Survey Results on The Structure of Medical Device Firms' Quality/Regulatory/Compliance Functions July 2006
Survey Results on The Structure of Medical Device Firms' Quality/Regulatory/Compliance Functions
Robotic Arm To Help In Cardiology
Imagine doctors seated in a high-tech hospital in downtown Mumbai performing an angioplasty on a heart patient who is in a hospital located miles across in the same city or a nearby mofussil town. Sounds too futuristi…
Aging Baby Boomer Population Presents Considerable Growth Potential for European Orthopaedic Implant Market
Changing demographics are driving Europe's orthopaedic implant market. As Europe's population ages rapidly, a number of age-related conditions, including orthopaedic problems, will underpin an increase in the number o…
Hindustan Latex To Open Hospitals
Public sector Hindustan Latex plans to set up low-cost hospitals, particularly in northern India, to promote good quality reproductive health services.
HLL to venture into vaccine manufacturing, sets sales target of Rs.1000 cr by 2010
Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL), the largest contraceptive manufacturing PSU in the country, is venturing into manufacturing and marketing of vaccines, nutraceuticals and natural products segments within a year with an…
Indian Biotech Industry To Touch US$ 5 Billion Mark By 2010
In India, the biotechnology industry is fast emerging. Over the last two decades, India has developed adequate infrastructure and trained manpower in modern as well as classical biotechnology. This is primarily due to…
Indigenous DES Yet To Consolidate
Even after 50,000 angioplasts being conducted every year in India, the country's indigenous drug eluting stents (DES) industry is still struggling to consolidate its position in the market.
Korean Co Nuga Medicals Enters Indian Market
The Korean medical and health equipments manufacturer and medical service provider, Nuga Medicals Co. Ltd., has entered into Indian market with an exclusive collaboration with a Mumbai based company named Nuga Best Th…
Philips Medical eyes JVs in equipment market
With the healthcare sector being opened up to private players, India is now emerging as a lucrative market for global firms dealing in hi-tech diagnostic and imaging equipment. Philips Medical Systems - healthcare arm…
ResMed Launches India Operations With Respicure Medsys
ResMed, a $3.5 billion US-based medical devices manufacturer, has announced the launch of its marketing operations in India, through a partnership with a local company Respicure Medisys.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems ( MRI )
Overwhelming Benefits Offset High Costs of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems
Unique Intra-venous (I.V.) Drug Infusions And Blood Transfusions Flow Rate Monitor Developed
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad awarded the gold medal to Kolhapur's Sanjiv Gokhale for his unique infusion flow rate monitor. Today, after clinical and market tests on the product concluded recently, Ahmeda…
Kodak develops safer X-ray Films
Eastman Kodak Co. is rolling out a higher speed X-ray film that can halve a patient's exposure to radiation without blurring image quality and might provide a financial cushion as the film manufacturer refocuses on di…
Medical Device Makers Battle Out In Implantable Systems Market
Medical device makers are battling in the fast-growing market for implantable systems that manage debilitating pain in patients for whom medical alternatives, such as drugs or spine surgery have failed.
South Africa : Big Opportunity For Indian Bulk Drugs, Pharmaceutical Formulations And Medical Devices
Indian pharma companies are now casting their net wider in order to tap growing markets in Africa. Take the case of South Africa. With the recent withdrawal of the patent suit filed by 39 global pharma companies again…
Taiwan Biotechnology Industry : To Thrive with Greater Human Resources
The Taiwanese biotechnology industry has started off on the right note with the introduction of several innovative biotechnology-related products and is all set to capitalize on this lead. With comprehensive research…
U.s. market for sterilization equipment
The terms disinfection and sterilization are often used interchangeably. Disinfection, which can be considered a subset of sterilization depending upon the dosage, destroys a range of items including certain viruses a…
IHF lists 50 hospitals as India's medical tourism destinations
The Indian Healthcare Federation (IHF), a grouping of private hospitals, diagnostic centres, medical equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, is to hand over a list of 50 hospitals, spread across 15 citie…
'India- A $300-m Medical Device Market'
About the size of Indian Market for medical equipment.
IPA, Bilcare Sign MoU For Packaging
The Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) and Bilcare has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote innovations in packaging, informed a press release.
NID Develops Safe Storage Device For Vaccines
Are you one of those people who acquired a disease despite being vaccinated against it? Chances are, the vaccine given to you was not stored at the right temperature.
Nirma to shell out Rs. 300 Cr. for Core Healthcare acquisition
FMCG major Nirma is expected to shell out around Rs 300 Crore for the acquisition of Ahmedabad-based Core Healthcare, the largest intravenous (IV) fluids manufacturer in the country. Though a memorandum of understandi…
SIS to consolidate Indian operations
Surgical Information Systems (SIS) to consolidate its Indian operations based at Hyderabad and signs up with new clients globally to be supported from its India development cum support centre.
Baxter to make Indian arm global hub
Baxter India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based Baxter International, is planning to make its Indian operation a sourcing hub for its international pharmaceutical business. The company is panning to outsource huge…
Bharat Scans turns hi-tech
PREDICTIVE and diagnostic medicine have emerged as direct spin-offs to the healthcare boom.
Healthcare just got an energy shot
Call the doctor, he's well within earshot. When and X-ray appears fuzzy, or a diagnosis is too skeletal, there's a whole aid kit waiting to be dug into right here.
Metropolis Health to foray abroad
The Mumbai-based Metropolis Health Services (India), a Rs. 45 crore group which runs chain of clinical diagnostic centers across the country, has decided to go global. Metropolis, touted as the largest service provide…
Penny Pinches
Why do life saving procedures cost a bomb? The rising costs of quality healthcare pinch hard, especially when given the general income levels in the country. While choosing where you want to get treated, knowing what…
Pharmaexcil action plan to be in by April
Pharma bodies of the likes of the Bulk Drug Manufacturers Association (BDMA), Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI), Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), and Indian Drug Manufacturers Associatio…
Polar Pharma to make equipment
Polar Pharma India Ltd., part of the Rs.
CBI's export development programme for Indian Medical Device Companies
CBI is an agency of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the responsibility of the Minister for Development Co-operation. 12 Indian Companies are currently being supported by CBI under the CBI’s export d…
Invitro Fertilisation (IVF) Technique : Specialists Getting Patients From the Country And Abroad
Invitro-fertilisation (IVF) procedure, long believed to be a rarity, has slowly gained popularity reflected in the increasing number of women opting for this procedure, with IVF specialists getting patients from the c…
The Indian healthcare sector and budget 2003-04
NEW DELHI: Following is the full text of Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh's address to Parliament while presenting the federal budget for fiscal 2003-04:
The Indian healthcare sector and budget 2003-04
Re cognised as a knowledge-based industry with great export potential
Apollo Hospitals to double bed capacity in three years
Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals Group is planning to double its beds capacity over the next three years through the franchisee route rather than invest its own money.
Baxter’s Wockhardt buy could spur consolidation, feel LVP manufacturers
Baxter International’s reported interest in acquiring the intravenous fluid business of Wockhardt Life for a consideration of Rs.120 crore has sparked a new hope for consolidation among manufacturers of large volume p…
Baxter to kick-start operations at Manesar plant
Baxter India, the Delhi-based IV solutions provider, in its move towards consolidating its position in the IV fluid segment in the country, is all set to kick start operations at its plant at Manesar, near Delhi, that…
Fresh Levies on Hospital Equipments, Accessories
Hospital equipment including linear accelerators that are used in cancer treatment, will now attract special additional duty. Certain medical equipment and accessories that were previously exempted from duty have now…
Wockhardt surgeons use new method to remove artery for bypass
India’s first bypass surgery using endoscopic radial artery harvesting was performed by cardiothoracic surgeons at Wockhardt Heart Hospital at Mulund, Mumbai. This surgery is a new revolutionary technology for removin…
Fresenius to increase LVP capacity
Fresenius, which commenced Indian operations in 1996, has managed to corner 12 per cent market share in four years. Analysts say the inability of the largest Large Volume Parenteral ( LVP ) manufacturer to maintain th…
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HMD launches disposable syringes for diabetics
ISO 9002 to surgimedik
Mumbai based Surgimedik was established in 1997 to manufacture and market medical devices in the field of Urology, Gastroenterology, Radiology, Nephrology and Gynaecology. Surgimedik received ISO 9002/EN 46002 accredi…
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Medtronic sets up graft unit in Baroda for 100% export
Heart lung machine (hlm) and heart surgery in india
The cost of surgery at India’s top heart hospitals has been scaling new heights. Most of the costs in open heart surgery are accounted for by the consumables, surgical equipments that are disposed of after single use.…