Medical device industry call upon government to empower domestic manufacture

Convening the Make in India and its Relevance to Healthcare, Varun Khanna, Managing Director - BD India, said, “Make in India’ campaign must be aligned with key government initiatives to create a strong impact on public health and provide safe medical care accessible to all. Therefore, it is important for the stakeholders in the medical devices and larger healthcare ecosystem to constructively engage in a dialogue to facilitate ‘Make in India’ for the country. The government should strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation to fulfil the clinical unmet needs leading to better patient outcomes.”

Ajay Pitre, Co-Chair of FICCI Medical Devices Forum & MD, Pitre Business Ventures Pvt. Ltd., said, “The need for quality healthcare services is going to rapidly expand as the Indian economy evolves. A strong domestic medical technology industry is very much possible, considering India’s strengths, to help meet the country’s needs for medical devices meaningfully and cost effectively. From a net importer, India can transform itself into a provider of cost-effective medical technology solutions to the whole world; provided an enabling ecosystem is put in place by the Government.”