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8 medical equipment apprised as ‘drugs’
February 11 , 2019
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- The Union Health ministry has notified eight medical equipment, including all implantable devices, as "drugs" under Section 3 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with effect from April 1, 2020.
- The medical equipment includes
- All implantable medical devices,
- CT scan,
- MRI equipment,
- Defibrillators,
- Dialysis machine,
- PET equipment,
- X-ray machine and
- Bone marrow cell separator.
- The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), a national medical device regulator is meanwhile working to make a way to regulate the sale and use of medical devices.
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