An industry body for medical device manufacturers is opposing the Centre’s plan to bring the New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022 to Parliament in the upcoming monsoon session, and has written to Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, expressing its dismay.
The move to introduce and pass the legislation, which aims to regulate drugs and medical devices, has been done without holding even a single meeting with major stakeholders, the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry said.
“This move has been made in a strange manner by a Committee formed by regulators from Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) with even the chairman not being from Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) etc as is usually the practice,” the Association’s letter said.
