Editorial

“MEDICAL PLASTICS DATA SERVICE” : NOW IN THE 30th YEAR OF PUBLICATION

Our journey of successful and consistent 30 years’ service to the Indian Medical Devices , Pharmaceuticals and Plastics Sectors has been possible because of generous support from all the stakeholders. We are grateful to numerous Industry leaders and professionals for their kind support, continued co-operation and guidance. Also by their generous contribution by way of sharing their insight and vision about current and future scenarios...

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Cover Story

Medical Plastic Innovations Changing The Face Of Healthcare Industry

Polymers have experienced an explosion of new material options. There are amazing ways that researchers are using medical grade plastics to heal and even replace human organs...

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Designing Medical Polymer Solutions for Environmental Sustainability

In the medical industry where recycling materials is a significant challenge to meet the enormous challenges presented to create environmentally sustainable products, Celanese uses the mass-balance approach to provide a material that is functionally identical but produced with upto 97 % bio-content using greenhouse gas as feedback...

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Materials

PVC – A Material of Choice for Life-Saving Devices

First applied to medical applications during WWII, PVC is the most widely used plastic in healthcare, accounting for approx. 25 % of all medical plastic compounds...

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Technology

The Future Of 3d Printing In Medical Sector

Mr Jay Parekh, Shlok Solutions, Ahmedabad

In the Medical & Healthcare, 3D printing has proved to be very valuable in applications like replacing human organ transplants, speeding up surgical procedures, producing cheaper versions of required surgical tools and making prosthetic limbs...

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Global Trends

• PVCMed’s contribution to the Circular Economy

• SABIC Launches Biobased, Certified Renewable High-performance Amorphous Polymer

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Event

Seminar On “Innovations And Developments In Medical Plastics/Devices & Pharma Packaging” - Hyderabad , March 26,2022 : Jointly organized By “Indian Plastics Institute ( IPI ) and “MEDICAL PLASTICS DATA SERVICE.

• Tekni-Plex Healthcare to Host Virtual Technology Day on Mytaverse Platform The Virtual Technology March 8, 2022 for USA and March 10, 2022 for Europe

• Medicall, March 25-27, 2022, Hitex Exhibition Center, Hyderabad, India

• Medical Fair India, May 20-22, 2022, Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India

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AiMeD & Regulatory Updates

• Union Budget 2022–Disappointing Budget For Medical Devices Industry

• DCGI Announces Classification For 133 Medical Devices In General Hospital And Orthopaedic Instruments

• BIS Notifies New Standard For Active Implantable Medical Devices For Hearing Impairment

• DoP Revises List Of Medical Devices For Which No Local Manufacturers Are Available

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Industry News

• ICMR Set To Team Up With Domestic Manufacturers To Accelerate Indigenous Production Of Medical Devices & Diagnostic Products

• Centre Nod For Medical Device Park In Solan

• Pharmacists Oppose Health Ministry’s Draft Amendment To MDR-2017 Allowing Class12th Pass Outs To Sell Medical Devices

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Product Gallery

• Class VI Tubing For Single-Use Medical Device And Bioprocess Applications

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Did You Know?

• About Reasons Why Plastics Are Essential To Patient And Health Worker Safety

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Article Index

• Article Index January – 2021 To November 2021

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