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Favourable Ecosystem Lifts Medical Device
Manufacturing In Gujarat Industry Associations
Creating Platform For Technology And Market Developments
Polymers and Plastics are the major raw materials for Medical Disposables and
Implants . “Plastindia” is the most significant exhibition in the world
organized by “Plastindia Foundation” and one of the largest Plastics
Exhibition in the Asia Pacific Region. The coming event is expected to be
located in 125,000 sq.m. area and will have 2000 Exhibitors including 600
oversea exhibitors . About 200,000 visitors are expected to visit. focused
“MEDICAL PLASTICS PAVALLION” at the forthcoming “PLASTINDIA 2018” event to be
held in Feb. 2018, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Medical
Plastics Pavilion will be a knowledge platform complete with posters ,
Audio-Visuals , Models , over 200 samples of medical plastic products and
components and the presence of experts .It aims to help existing and potential
manufacturers and investors to diversify and / or branch out into medical
plastic and Disposables products. It will alo have presence of manufacturers /
suppliers of materials, components, machineries, technology essential for
manufacturing medical plastics products and devices. Such
platforms both by the Pharma and Medical Device Sectors contribute significantly
towards the growth of the Medical Device Sector in the state.
Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies (FCIPT)
Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies (FCIPT) links industries
with Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, India. The knowledge -
base in plasma sciences and associated technologies is exploited to generate
advanced and non conventional plasma based technologies for material processing
and environmental remediation. IPR is an autonomous institute
under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India. It is exclusively
devoted to basic research in plasma sciences and development of technological
applications. The major thrust is in magnetic confinement fusion and plasma
assisted material processing. FCIPT takes up development of
plasma processing technologies from concept to commercialization and promotes
awareness of technology through Technology transfer, Newsletters and Direct
marketing. FCIPT has developed many technologies for the
benefit of Medical Device Industry also including technology for Biomedical
Waste Disposal. Supply Chain and Ancillary Units Make Rapid
Strides
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Parallel to the growth of the medical device industry, a number of supply
chain and ancillary units also started growing
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Biotechnopreneur Programme By EDII - A Unique Programme For Promoting
Entrepreneurs in the Field Of Life Science.
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, has recently
launched a unique programme for promoting innovative enterprises in various
areas of Life Sciences. The programme is sponsored by Gujarat State
Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) of the Government of Gujarat. The training
programme aims to provide comprehensive academic, practical and ground support
to interested entrepreneurs in the areas such as pharmaceuticals, biomedical
engineering ( including medical devices ) , biotechnology, etc. This ten month,
weekend programme is particularly suitable for candidates, who are presently
pursuing post graduate level studies in the above disciplines, working in
pharmaceuticals industry or biotechnology or biomedical engineering companies in
the relevant field as well as those in the research and development
organizations and commercial functions such as marketing, technology access,
etc. Reputed business, finance and academic organizations such as GVFL, CIIE,
IIM Ahmedabad and SkyQuest are the knowledge partners. This
programme has been an innovation and totally a new experiment in itself in the
state of Gujarat, as well as perhaps, in the country, so far as such training
programmes tailor made for biotechnology sector is concerned. The previous two
programmes, showing impressive results of 60% start-up rate.
Internationally Recognized Reputed Institutes Offering Academic &
Professional Courses. Gujarat boasts of one of one of the
very few states with presence of Science and Engineering Institutes providing
garaduate and post-graduate courses in Pure-Sciences, Pharmacy, Biomedical
Engineering , Polymer & Plastics Engineering and many more. The presence of
highly internationally recognized reputed Institutes like Indian Institute Of
Management, IIT, Ahmedabad Management Institute, National Institute Of Design
are a great. Strong Growth of Supply – Chain, Ancillary
Units And Service Providers
Parallel to the growth of the Medical Device Industry, number of supply chain
and ancillary units also started growing. At present there are more than 150
small and big companies manufacturing important inputs starting from basic raw
materials to components, sub-assemblies, manufacturing / testing / sterilization
and other machineries. There has been a significant growth in the availability
of service providers particularly for the quality certifications as well as
Business Development Activities. (The author is CEO of Medical
Plastics Data Service and
www.medisourceasia.com). |
