India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has accepted electronic instructions for use (eIFU) for medical devices and equipment, and has formalized this decision. The Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI), which represents leading research-based medical tech companies that have significant investments in India, said that the eIFU acceptance is...
India's Med Tech Industry Partners with Ayushman Bharat
Representatives of the Medical Technology Association of India, Advance Medical Technology Association, AmCham Medical Devices Committee, AmCham Medical Devices Committee, Healthcare Federation of India, and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries, discussed ways to strengthen healthcare delivery under Ayushman Bharat a government program to enable the bottom 40...
India Caps Prices on Coronary Stents Triggering Debates
After including drug eluting stents and bare metal stents in the National List of Essential Medicines in July last year, the government of India added them to the Schedule I of the Drug Prices Control Order, 2013, last December, and brought the devices under price control. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority...
Global Device Makers Form India Group
Some leading research-based medical technology companies, who have made remarkable investments in India, formed an association called Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) to propel growth in the medical devices sector. Founding members include Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, Smith & Nephew, C R Bard, Terumo, Boston Scientific and...