Measures to curb 'unethical profiteering' by private hospitals not working: Govt report

Patients and health groups asserted that the unethical practices of private hospitals are a direct outcome of the regulatory vacuum

Union government moves to regulate price of medical devices

Considering controlling/reducing the prices of stents, catheters and implants, minister informs Lok Sabha

50 years of CT: This is the man you must thank

Hounsfield’s innovation transformed medicine. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1979 and was knighted in 1981

India to get medical devices parks

Recommendations by a government panel include increased production of indigenous devices and a cap on their prices

Modi Cabinet approves 100% FDI in medical devices sector via automatic route

Existing conditions and prior approval required in case of merger and acquisition done away with

Regulate stent prices to prevent exploitation of patients: health campaigners

While the government fixes the prices of stents, it must also take urgent action to investigate corrupt practices and overcharging

Indian medical devices industry in doldrums: ASSOCHAM

Report claims the business can touch US $5 billion mark with right policy, incentives

Indian medical devices industry in doldrums: ASSOCHAM

Report claims the business can touch US $5 billion mark with right policy, incentives

Right diagnosis, wrong pills

While the Centre has rightfully recognised medical devices as a separate category for policy making, its decision to allow 100 per cent foreign …