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India Greenlights First Medical Device Park

June 10, 2016

India has approved funding for the country’s first medical device park. It will have specialized laboratories, warehousing, testing centers and up to 150 independent manufacturing units.

The effort is part of the ‘Make in India’ effort to reduce India’s dependence on imported medical devices (IDDM, Nov. 13, 2015). The new medical device park is expected to be completed in about five years.

Currently, India imports more than 80 percent of its high-end medical devices and at least 60 percent of other devices, as local companies cannot afford to invest in manufacturing facilities. — Joya Patel