Medical devices are not drugs | The Indian Express

Medical devices are not drugs | The Indian Express

Written by Dinesh Thakur |Updated: October 25, 2019 5:51:35 am

The writer is a public health activist who blew the whistle on Ranbaxy Laboratories

Medical devices are not drugs

Why government should bring a new law to regulate medical devices, not apply the 80-year-old Drugs and Cosmetic Act

This attempt to deliberately retrofit medical devices into the Drugs and Cosmetics Act will lead to a toothless regulatory framework

Astonishing things are happening in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare these days. In less than 30 days, the ministry is going to put in place a regulatory framework for medical devices that will likely give lobbyists for the medical device industry a wonderful Christmas present.