Topic: Medical devices

The "Scheme for Strengthening the Medical Device Industry" is expected to significantly contribute to the growth of India's medical device market, valued at approximately Rs. 14 billion in 2024 and projected to reach Rs. 30 billion by 2030.

While the latest list of refurbished medical devices allowed to be imported has been pruned, industry players say it still contains many devices that are already manufactured in India.

UC San Francisco study published in Nature Medicine says adaptive deep brain stimulation can manage motor problems, insomnia by adjusting brain signals according to patient's condition.

Medical devices planned for promotion include specific equipment across 8 segments. Products are slated to be manufactured by both Indian firms & MNCs with manufacturing units.

MeDevIS provides comprehensive info on 2301 devices across various health areas.

CDSCO says Centre’s programme to identify such risks has been in place since 2015, but till now only hospitals designated as monitoring centres would report such events on voluntary basis.

Implemented in March, UCPMP 2024 will look into complaints regarding unethical practices in sector. Code gains significance given that Patanjali is facing SC heat for misleading ads.

Dr Kedarnath Das designed forceps customised for Indian women, authored an internationally lauded textbook on obstetrics, and championed for better childbirth practices in 1900s Bengal.

Ahead of India-Aus World Cup final, Medical Technology Association of India has suggested defibrillators, ECG machines & other devices be made available for health issues among spectators.

The Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023, is being planned as a substitute for the existing drug law, which was passed during the pre-Independence period.