Regulators in India are close to releasing new rules governing the medical device industry there, as the world’s 2nd-largest country prepares to create a separate set of regulations for medtech. India’s Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is looking to make it easier for medical device and pharmaceutical companies to do business there, while ensuring […]
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Battling doctor shortage, Indian hospitals offer intensive care from afar
(Reuters) – A doctor at a hospital in India’s capital, New Delhi, was recently tracking a wall of monitors displaying the vital signs of intensive care patients admitted hundreds of miles away when red-and-yellow alerts rang out. The oxygen flow to a 67-year-old patient had stopped when no critical care doctors were present in a […]
Indian diamond cutting industry gets into stents
Western Indian diamond cutting businesses are beginning to develop coronary stents, producing cheaper copies of stents made by market leaders, according to a report from Bloomberg Business. The companies, such as Surat-based Sahajanand Medical Technologies, are using existing laser-cutting technology necessary for diamond cutting to cut the metal tubes used in stents, according to the report. […]
India takes first step towards regulating medical devices
(Reuters) — India plans to set up a regulator to oversee the country’s $4 billion medical device industry, according to a draft policy released this month, the country’s first effort to regulate an industry that covers everything from thermometers to prostheses. The policy document, welcomed by many in the industry despite concerns over a lack […]