MTaI in News
New CDSCO notice simplifying sale license requirements disrupts contact lens business: MTaI
image credit- shutterstock Industry appreciates CDSCO notice to address issues but appeals to authorities to ensure proper mechanism and transition time to comply Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) has welcomed the Central Drugs Standard Control...
Thousands of contact lens businesses face disruption due to unpreparedness in sale licensing requirements: MTaI
Industry appreciates CDSCO notice to address issues but appeals to authorities to ensure proper mechanism and transition time to comply Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) welcomed CDSCO notice GSR 754 (E)simplifying sale license requirements for retailers...
Rupee likely to remain under pressure in near term, says experts
For the second straight trading session, the rupee touched new all-time low level and closed 15 paise lower at 82.32 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday. Surging crude oil prices, continuing apprehensions of more US Fed rate hikes and widening trade deficit...
MTaI urges the government not to levy TDS on free medical samples to doctors and clinicians
The new provisions will introduce unintended disruptions to the medtech industry and will also have ramifications throughout the entire healthcare industry Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) has urged the government to reconsider its recently introduced...
MTaI wants states be restrained from taking price decisions on medical devices, other products
New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) The Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) on Saturday said states must be restrained from intervening in price control of medical devices and other products, and the national drug price regulator should take decisions in this regard....
Govt caps trade margin on oxygen concentrators at 70%
NPPA welcomes the move, to inform revised MRPs within a week The government has decided to step-in to regulate the price of oxygen concentrators due to the recent volatility in maximum retail prices (MRP). As per information collected by the government, margin at the...
If priority products are zero rated, it would be a true removal of GST from the entire value chain: Sanjay Bhutani
GST exemptions does not necessarily lead to desired reduction in consumer prices as input GST continues to remain part of the input cost. Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Sanjay Bhutani, Director, Country Manager, Bausch & Lomb India & SAARC to...
Public Procurement Policies Must Not Deprive Patients Their Access To Innovative And Quality Medical Devices
The DoP issued a revised notice on the Public Procurement Order (PPO) on March 25, 2021. Overlooking the fact that the HS codes are not monolithic, a blanket declaration has been made that for the 19 categories of medical devices listed in the said notice only class I...
Govt orders to prefer local medical devices, cut imports by Rs 4,000 crore
MTaI statement on the revised Public procurement Order: 1. What is the reaction of MTal on this? MTaI feels disappointment that despite the assurance of the Ministry of commerce that no PPOs will come without proper analysis of local market capacity, we are still...
