A TECHNO-ECONOMIC NEWS MAGAZINE FOR MEDICAL PLASTICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Vol. 14  No. 2 March-April 2007

Advertisers' Index

Neoplast Engineering Pvt. Ltd., India
Poly Medicure Limited, India
A Uno Tec s.r.l., Italy
Engineered Materials Systems Inc., USA

Shriram Polytech, India

Welset Plast Extrusions Pvt. Ltd., India
Colpitt B.V., Netherlands
J. B. Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Henkel Loctite India Private Limited, Bangalore, India
Miku Traders, Gujarat, India

Proven Trade Contacts, New Delhi, India

Pragati Plastics Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Seal-O-Pack, Thane, India
Phone No. +91 250 2481828
Mediprotect, Belgium
Super Lifecare (P) Ltd., Ahmedabad, India
Shailesh Surgical, Ahmedabad, India Phone : 91-79-26420281
Angiplast Private Limited, Ahmedabad

Basil Polymers, Ahmedabad India

Amigo Surgi Care Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Editorial

 

The use of combination products to improve patient outcomes appears to be on the verge of unprecedented growth in the healthcare arena. With their life-saving potential, it's understandable that combination products have become a sizzling-hot topic...
 
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Cover Story


Combination Products: The Future of Medical Devices
 
 
The Combination products combine the benefits of drugs, biologics & medical devices by converging pharmaceutical & medical device manufacturers. The global market for drug-device combinations is expected to increase at an average annual growth rate of 13.6 % and reach $ 11.5 B in 2010...
 
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Manufacturing

 
Safety Aspects of Medical Devices

 

Dr. G.L. Jain - M.Sc (Chem.) Ph.D. (Bio-Med Engg.)
 
Medical Devices should not only be functional but also safe. The risk associated with the use of a device should be within acceptable limits when weighted against benefits to the patient...

 

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Technology
 

Coating Technique for Controlled Drug Delivery : Materials & Methods
 
Ms. Sejal Dave - B.E. (Biomedical & Instrumentation Er.)
 
Delivering medication to the site of vascular injury via polymer coated stents is a rational approach for local drug delivery. In a recent development, modified air suspension technique was successfully employed for four layer coating of cardiovascular stents...
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Global Trends

 
EU revamps medical devices directive Ban of substances avoided but rules tighten on labelling
 
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Fact & Figures
 

General Healthcare, Medical Devices, Combination Products
 
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Industry News

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Did You Know ?

 

About First Medical Device Derived from New Class of Biopolymers: Absorbable Suture Product
 
The TephaFLEX Absorbable Suture is the first medical device derived from a new class of biopolymers that is the product of patented recombinant DNA technology...

The Absorbable Suture is engineered to be one of the strongest absorbable fibers known, offering up to 50% greater tensile strength than currently marketed monofilament absorbable sutures. In addition to high strength, it also offers...
 
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Events

Medical Grade Polymers 2007

Medinet Forum

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- George S. Patton