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Hastily made policy changes on Public Procurement could lead to chaos and confusion forcing Patients to move to Private Hospitals: MTaI
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 seeing such a notice, which on first reading, seems to be made without doing a proper due-diligence...
MTaI statement on the revised Public Procurement Order
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...
Medical Technology sector likely to recover to pre-COVID levels in H2-2021: MTaI
A nuanced policy approach required to ensure recovery happens Some Global firms suffered even up to 85% fall in revenues in April-June 2020. 5% health cess, rupee depreciation, cost escalation, pricing restrictions are major hurdles in recovery and future investments...
As lockdown gets extended, Medical device sector needs urgent govt. support to overcome COVID-19 challenges: MTaI
Supply of medical devices is an essential service to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in India but persistent financial and logistical bottlenecks are creating operational challenges for the sector. The situation has not improved much even after partial lifting of...
Quick government interventions have eased some of the major operational challenges
The lockdown imposed has largely been able to minimize the community spread of the virus, however this had also inadvertently affected the supply chain of essential medical devices…
