11-May-18, Pharmabiz.com
Medical devices such as disposables, implants, hospital equipment and diagnostic reagents in India should now have a minimum local content of 25-50 per cent to qualify for public procurement as the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has finalised new norms, amid expressions of discontent by domestic and multinational industry lobby groups.
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The minimum local content specified varies according to the type of the device. In order to be eligible for public procurement, medical disposables and consumables require a minimum indigenous content of 50 per cent. For implants, the cutoff is 40 per cent. In the case of medical electronics, hospital equipment, surgical instruments and diagnostic reagents/in-vitro diagnostics, domestically manufactured components should contribute minimum 25 per cent.