By Gaurav Jain
Balancing Supply Chain has been the Greatest Challenge During COVID-19 for the Medical Device Manufacturing Industry: Say, Experts.
Medical devices provide a great opportunity with challenges associated. Regulations, Innovations, and Ecosystems are the three critical elements that drive this industry.
New Delhi, November 2020: Medical device manufacturers have not escaped the pandemic’s impact. The Indian medical devices market, which was supposed to grow to USD 50 billion by 2025, are finding it difficult to make informed decisions about their products, supply chains, and regulatory obligations amid uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. To bring to the discussion about the challenges and opportunities in the medical devices industry amidst COVID-19, ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020 was organized by HEAL Health Connect Solutions in association with ESI MedTech Solutions and the knowledge partner HEAL Foundation.
Moderating the session and Speaking on the sustainability of medical supplies and equipment to treat patients in the face of supply chain disruption during the 3rd session of ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020’ — the 11th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Mr. Vivek Tiwari, Founder & CEO, Medikabazaar said Prittle Prattle News, “India is the 4th largest medical technology market in Asia. With liberalizing the government policies, up to 100%, Foreign Direct Investment is permitted in Medical devices through the automatic route. Strong FDI inflows reflect the confidence of global players in the Indian Medical Devices market. Taking advantage of this lucrative opportunity, an increasing number of MNCs are setting up their manufacturing bases in India. With many private players making their foray into healthcare, there is a growth in hospitals, diagnostic centers, and specialized facilities.
There is good policy support for the industry like ‘Make in India’, ‘Medical Devices Rule of 2017’, and ‘Medical Devices Amendment Rules 2020. There are Production Linked Incentive Schemes (PLI) for Medical Devices, 2020, and the funding of Medical Devices Parks in the country. Financing common infrastructure facilities in 4 medical device parks of INR 400 crore. It is expected to reduce the manufacturing cost of medical devices in the country. The growth drivers largely for the Indian Medical Devices manufacturing sector are — Indian Medical Tourism, Public-Private Partnership (PPP), and Awareness in public about health. However, the medical device manufacturing industry’s greatest challenge during COVID-19 has been balancing the supply chain. Medical devices provide a great opportunity with challenges associated. Regulations, Innovations, and Ecosystems are the three critical elements that drive this industry.”
Speaking on the ongoing series of COVID FIGHTERS PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY MOVEMENT during ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020’ — the 11th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Dr. Swadeep Srivastava, Managing Partner, HEAL Health Connect Solutions, said Prittle Prattle News, “We are going to complete 250 days of ‘COVID Fighters Public Health Safety Movement’. During this period, we have been able to bring on board more than 150 public health experts through 20 webinars, including 2 India Health e-Summits, 1 Patients’ Rights e-Conclave, Pharma Excellence e-Summit & Awards, India Immunity e-Summit & Awards, COVIDiabetes eSummit, and today we are organizing India MedTech E-Summit & Awards, whose nomination date has been extended to 30th Nov’2020. There have been over 50 niche sessions and 10 keynote addresses with over 300 media coverages of the issues raised.
Speaking on the need for establishing medical technology parks during the 3rd session of ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020’ — the 11th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Dr. Jitendra Sharma, MD & CEO, Andhra Med Tech Zone, said Prittle Prattle News, “Of course we need to establish medical technology parks because we have lost on several things. We have lost big time care on cancer; we have lost cardiac care; we have lost gastroscopy. All these were strong baseline diseases in India. Besides telemedicine care, we lack in lots of things. If it is not regulated, there might be a bigger calamity than COVID-19. We need rapid innovations around it. Industry and regulators must come forward in consonance. Innovations seem to be the quickest solution.”
Deliberating on the education on regulatory processes and facilitating quicker introduction in the market during the 3rd session of ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020’ — the 11th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Mr. Anil Jauhari, Former CEO, NABCB, India, Member, UNFCCC, CDM, Accreditation Panel, said Prittle Prattle News, “The absence of a regulatory mechanism has been a problem. And the Medical devices not being regulated are unfortunate. As of now, we don’t have a fully regulated medical devices sector, and we are not slated to be fully regulated until 2023. However, the publication of medical devices is a good step in the right direction. We require more cohesive thinking because we are not moving in a single direction but multiple directions. , if you are regulated, your products will be recognized in foreign countries.”
Throwing light on the importance of digital solutions in the Medical devices sector during the 3rd session of ‘India Med Tech E-Summit 2020’ — the 11th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Mr. Soura Bhattacharyya, Co-Founder & CEO, Lattice Innovations Pvt. Ltd., said Prittle Prattle News, “The post-COVID-19 situation will require hospital beds to beds at home. There has been a tremendous shortage of beds and a huge gap in demand and supply. Self-care at home should be promoted as the demand for telemedicine has been increasing, which will help. As far as medical device manufacturing is concerned, we need to imitate smartly and innovate creatively. Innovation is essentially required.”
