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As rightly quoted by Mr Emest Cavin, VP International Sales, Ziemer Ophthalmic
Systems, “Innovation is not just birth of an idea, but its journey to
reality. And that journey is championed by the talented individuals who dare to
dream, who dare to challenge, who dare to disrupt”.
A recent publication by “Indian Innovators Association” headed by Dr A S Rao
enlists “Top 100 Innovations” of which healthcare innovations take lion’s share.
As observed in the book, many innovators are practicing medical professionals
and others in bio-technology have strong linkages with research institutions.
The above publication shares several cases of industry academia linkages,
technology spill over startups and technology licencing opportunities including
about 23 from Healthcare Industry. Out of these, detailed information about
technology , innovation and process of commercialization by following two
entrepreuners is given in this issue :
01 Prof. Jayesh Bellare, IITB Mumbai for “Dialysis-Grade Membranes”
02 Mr Leo Mavely, Founder & CEO, Axio Biosolutions for “Protonated Bio-Adhessive
Polymer Technology (PBT).
In a well explained article, Mr Jatin Mahajan, Managing Director, J.Mitra &
Company and Secretary, Association of Diagnostics Manufacturers of India, on the
Government Policy to catalyse growth of Indian Medical Device Industry, louds
the New Medical Device Policy 2023 ( NMDP2023).
This issue also includes a very detailed technical article on “Sterilization of
Healthcare Products By Gamma Radiation “ by Mr Amit Srivastava, DGM , Board of
Radiation and Isotope Technology (Isomed), Mumbai.
On behalf of All India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA), “MEDICAL
PLASTICS DATA SERVICE“ conceptualised and organized a dedicated “Medical &
Healthcare Plastic Pavilion” in conjunction with a series of Seminar Sessions
focused on opportunities in the Medical Plastics & Devices Sectors as part of
“Plastivision India 2023” Exhibition as highlighted in this issue. The Knowledge
Pavilion, with the help of Posters, Samples, Models, Audio-visuals, series of
technical presentations by Experts, created awareness about various
opportunities for existing and potential entrepreneurs in the Medical Plastics/
Devices & Pharmaceuticals domains.
This issue also includes our regular features like Regulatory, Association &
Industry News, Global Markets & Trends, Events etc.
D.L. Pandya
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