FIRST: Needle, syringe makers tell government to regulate their prices Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Sept 2018 3:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: All India Syringes and Needles Manufacturers Association (AISNMA) has written a letter to NELM on price capping of essential syringes and...
Boston Scientific introduces LithoVue Empower-kidney stone reterival device Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Sept 2018 9:48 AM ISTThe LithoVue Empower Device was developed in direct response to a need to improve procedural bottlenecks during kidney stone removal...
Medical Device Companies will have to give compensation in case of adverse event: Govt proposes provision in law Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Sept 2018 1:03 PM ISTThe move comes after complaints that patients had suffered due to faulty hip implants by a subsidiary of pharma giant Johnson and Johnson. New Delhi:...
Soon Indian Standard for medical devices, says VK Paul Medical Dialogues Bureau21 Sept 2018 1:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: A range of medical devices, old or new, will soon have an 'Indian standard' and nearly 1,000 products are presently being benchmarked, a...
JnJ faulty hip implants case: CIC directs RTI disclosure of records Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Sept 2018 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Johnson and Johnson subsidiary caught in a controversy over faulty hip replacement systems has opposed RTI disclosure of crucial...
Johnson and Johnson says to work on India compensation for recalled hip implants Ruby Khatun Khatun8 Sept 2018 10:30 AM ISTMUMBAI: Johnson and Johnson said it would work with the Indian government to compensate patients who suffered from artificial hip implants the U.S....
Medical device maker Stryker to buy K2M Group for about 1.4 billion Ruby Khatun Khatun1 Sept 2018 9:47 AM ISTMedical device maker Stryker Corp said it will buy smaller rival K2M Group Holdings Inc for about $1.4 billion, adding K2M's fast-growing spinal...
Makers of the Alleged faulty Hip Implant objected to disclosure on import clearance, overruled by CIC Ruby Khatun Khatun30 Aug 2018 5:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Importer of alleged faulty hip replacement systems had objected to disclosure of its compliance documents submitted to the Central Drugs...
Why no Criminal action against Johnson and Johnson for faulty hip implants: Patients ask Nadda Ruby Khatun Khatun29 Aug 2018 3:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: A group of patients, who suffered due to alleged faulty hip replacement surgeries by a multinational firm, said that the Centre's response...
Faulty Hip Implant Case Aftermath : Soon a Registry to track use of high-risk medical devices soon Ruby Khatun Khatun27 Aug 2018 5:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Soon a registry is going to take care of the use of medical devices which posses a high risk to the patients.TOI reports that the health...
Johnson and Johnson Faulty Hip Implants: Ministry asks States to determine Compensation Ruby Khatun Khatun25 Aug 2018 5:44 PM ISTThe panel set up by the health ministry had recommended a base amount of Rs 20 lakh as compensation to each patient who had received the faulty hip...
Medtronic reports about 6 pct rise in quarterly profit Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Aug 2018 7:06 PM IST Medical device maker Medtronic plc reported a near 6 per cent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by higher sales in its cardiac and vascular...
