Editorial

Worldwide, an estimated 1.9 million patients suffer from chronic kidney failure. In India one in ten people has some form of chronic kidney disease. Diabetes and hypertension are responsible for more than 60 per cent cases of chronic kidney disease. Fifteen per cent of adults in urban areas are diabetic and 40 per cent of these are likely to develop kidney disease...

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Leaders Speak

Mr. Kishore Khanna
Managing Director, Romsons International.

In coming 5 years Indian Medical Device Industry will have the tough & direct competition with European, American & Chinese manufacturers. So we need to...

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Cover Story

Kidney Dialysis Equipment And Supplies

Each year an additional 1.50 lakh new patients of end-stage chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis or kidney transplant are added to the existing lot in the country. The dialysis industry has witnessed a sea change in the last decade. Some of the important products frequently used are...

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Manufacturing

Plasticizers for Medical Devices

Mr. Carsten Goebel & Dr. Rainer Otter, BASF South East Asia Pte Ltd.

Flexible PVC makes up a 30% of disposable medical devices. And to make PVC extremely flexible there is a need of plasticizer in terms of 40% - 50% which is added to the PVC Resin...

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Global Trends

Medical Device Industry Worries About Cost-Focused Approach To Judging Medical Care

With politicians on the campaign trail pledging to lower health care spending, medical device companies are pushing to ensure their technology isn't targeted by federal cost-cutting efforts...
 

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Market Trends & Analysis

Worldwide Kidney Dialysis Equipment And Supplies Market

Worldwide, an estimated 1.9 million patients suffer from chronic kidney failure. Prevalence of renal failure is high in economically developed countries such as Japan, US and Europe. Developing countries present a contrasting scenario since leading causes of ESRD are not as widespread as in well-developed countries. While hypertension and diabetes are considered common in more than 73% of the ESRD patients, cardiovascular disease is the prime cause of death in around 61% patients...

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Industry News

• DCGI Warns Illegal Units Making Medical Devices, Directs To Obtain Licenses

• BD India Keen To work with Union Govt To Train Inspectors On Medical Devices

• IPI-CMS e-Learning Partnership Programme

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Did You Know ?

About "Catheters".....

A hollow flexible tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway. Its uses include the drainage of urine from the bladder through the urethra or insertion through a blood vessel into the heart for diagnostic purposes...

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