After defective hip implants incident and our PM's initiative to curb high prices of different implants and Medical Devices, the government plans to bring all medical devices, including implants and contraceptives, under the lens of the Central Drugs and Standard Control Organisation so as to improve their safety and quality to control these as Drugs and Medicines. The CDSCO under the Ministry of Health regulates the safety, efficacy and quality of notified medical devices under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules made thereunder.
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health also said that no proposal has been approved regarding the establishment of a separate statutory body on the lines of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for the regulation of medical devices. In order to bring all the non-notified medical…
