MoHFW notifies Medical Devices (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2022.

Through this amendment, a new chapter IIIB which deals with registration of class A (Non-Sterile and/or Non-measuring) medical devices has been notified which shall be applicable to all non-sterile and/or non-measuring devices classified as Class A medical devices. These medical devices shall be registered through an identified online portal.

NPPA extends the ceiling price fixation on knee implants for one more year.

All manufacturers of knee Implants, selling branded or non-branded or both versions of implants at prices higher than the ceiling price (plus goods and services tax as applicable) so fixed and notified by the Government, shall revise the price of all such implants downward not exceeding the ceiling price specified in its earlier notification.

National List of Essential Medicines 2022

The National List of Essential Medicines enlists the Name, of all essential medicines, its use, category, the level of healthcare in which it is used and Dosage in which it is used.