India Proposes Regulating Implants And Imaging Equipment As Drugs

Proposals to classify high-end medical devices as drugs are out for comment in India.

in CT laboratory. Observation room in an office with a computer tomograph
CT scanners are among the devices India wants to regulate as drugs

India is proposing to subject all implantable medical devices, CT scanners and other high-end medical equipment to existing regulatory and registration rules governing drugs.

Aside from implantable products and CT scanners, X-ray machines, MRI equipment, PET scanners, dialysis systems, defibrillators and bone marrow cell separators would also fall under the definition of a drug,...

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