Traumacon 2014 – April

In December 2014, the Union Health Ministry of India decided to set up a high level committee to review the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1945 and make the rules more relevant. The committee has now set up 7 sub-groups to look at different segments. The following 2 groups are relevant for Medical Devices:   1….

In August 2012 at the Clinical Infectious Diseases Society conference in Chennai, a road-map was laid out to tackle the problem of increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. This is popularly known as the Chennai Declaration. It envisages that within 5 years, 90% of all antibiotics should be included in Schedule H1 and be sold…

Drug resistance, especially to antibiotics, is becoming a serious problem for public health policy makers the world over, both in developed as well as developing countries. Common causes of increasing antibiotic resistance are: 1. Self-medication by patients for a variety of common diseases 2. Using antibiotics as a first line of defence, instead of as…

The government of India has made it mandatory to bar-code mono cartons (primary packs) of drugs shipped out of the country from July 1 2015. Primary packaging includes ampoules, vials, bottles, cartridges and blister-packs. This is to ensure that the reputation of the Indian pharma industry is not tarnished by medicines manufactured illicitly in other…

Dynamic Techno Medicals’ brand Comprezon was a leading participant in the 19th Annual Conference of the Vascular Society of India (VSICON) at Jaipur from Sept 26 – 29th. Dr V S Bedi was the Organizing Secretary. Dr Bedi spoke of the need to increase the number of vascular surgeons in the country. Currently, only about…

Dynamic Techno Medicals participated in the Indian Orthopedic Association Conference (IOACON) at Agra from 3rd to 8th December. The event was a great success with about 150 stalls and 2500 participants. The organizing secretary was Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi.