Medical device

The medical device market in India is a sunrise sector in the pharmaceutical industry and has achieved a milestone in the last few years securing 4th position in the medical device market in Asia with increasing foreign direct investments through governments. Make in India Campaign 2017 and PLI (Product linked incentive) schemes. To enter the medical device market in any country, one has to go through different procedures and regulatory requirements of that country. Medical devices are regulated in India by the DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) under the CDSCO (Central Drug Standard Control Organization). These rules and regulations covers various aspects of device related regulations, including classification, registration, manufacturing and import, labeling, sales, and post marketing requirements, etc. This study is aimed to review and compare the regulatory requirements of South African country with India. Harmonization of medical devices registration across the markets of these two country is essential to overlay way for their easy approval and also in dealing with the withdrawn issues related to quality, safety, and performance.

Medical devices have been become more important in the health care sector. It is mostly used for diagnosis and prevention of public health. There are more than 8000 generic medical device groups, where some medical devices contain drugs. This increases the demand for better regulatory frameworks to ensure that products entering in the market are safe as well as efficient. One of the major issues for companies developing and producing medical devices is to be updated on the bases of regulatory requirements and to implement them in the process. This is particularly true in developing countries, where assessments of health technology are rare and where little regulatory controls exist to prevent the importation or use of substandard devices. So regulation of medical device is a vital need in Pharmaceutical Sector. This article mainly focuses on classification, classification rules, registration procedure, documents required for registration of medical device and fees for application of medical devices in Australia and India. In Australia medical devices are regulated by Therapeutics Good Administration (TGA) whereas in India medical devices are regulated by Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO).