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The Drugs , Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill , 2022
The draft bill aims to facilitate an orderly growth of the medical technology sector while addressing the core objectives of accessibility , affordability , safety and quality , It also focuses on self-sustainability and innovation .
The proposed bill strives to put in place a comprehensive set of measures for ensuring sustained growth and development of the medical technology sector and addressing the further challenges of the sector such as regulatory streamlining , skilling of human resources and lack of technology for high end equipment and lack of appropriate infrastructure , through a coherent policy framework .
The salient features of the Drugs , Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill , 2022 include regulatory streamlining
in order to optimize regulatory processes and multiplicity of agencies for enhanced ease of doing business , along with harmonization with global standards to ensure standardization . The bill also has focus on quality standards and safety of the devices in order to provide safe devices to the consumers , in harmony with the global standards . It supports infrastructure development to provide best-in-class physical foundation , including medical devices parks with common facilities such as testing centres , to improve cost competitiveness and enhance attraction of domestic manufacturers . The bill also aims to facilitate R & D and
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BioVoiceNews | August 2023