Polity & Governance

Proposal for medical devices controller

Context: Recently, Union Health ministry proposed a separate post for the medical devices controller. About the News
  • The Union Health Ministry has presented a draft of the New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023, which seeks to replace the Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940.
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
  • DCGI heads CDSCO, which is responsible for ensuring quality drugs supply across the country.
  • DGCI has authority to give approval to new drugs and regulating clinical trials.
  • Draft proposed the creation of a separate post for a drugs and medical devices controller general in India, under whom a separate wing of officials would operate as regulators for the medical devices sector.
  • As of now, medical devices are treated as drugs and there is no separate definition for those.
    • Currently, manufacturing activities relating to drugs and cosmetics are regulated by only the state governments through their drug control organizations.
  • Medical devices officers independent of drug control officers and creation of medical devices testing laboratories and the appointment of medical devices testing officers.
News Source: BS
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