CATALYTIC ROLE PLAYED BY MEDICAL DEVICE PARKS AND
EMERGING SCENARIO IN INDIA
Each of the Medical Devices Park
that are coming up not with only attract huge
investments to the tune of ? 10,000 to 15,000 crore
but will also provide direct and indirect employment
to about 20000 People in each mutually interdependent
cluster created.
Indian imports of Rs. 45,000 crore
that account for approx. 80 per cent of the medical
device market are a healthcare security risk that
needs to be addressed. It is also an opportunity for
Make in India and innovation in India.To ensure these
Med Tech Parks thrive and don’t remain green parks the
State Govt. need a Capex reduction Policy Model of low
cost rentals plug and play units and well thought out
ancillirization and subcontracted manufacturing of
parts and components and services. On the other hand
the Central Govt. needs to support with Revenue
supportive Policies of Predictable
Tariff Protection of 10 to 15% as done for Consumer
Electronics & Mobile Phone Industry, Separate Medical
Device Law that encourage innovation and decriminalize
minor offenses, Restrict 2nd Hand Imports till robust
regulations are in place; Incentivization for Quality
Certification and Indigenous Design India
Certification in Public Procurement and Ethical
Marketing Practice that disallow over 4 times MRP
Labelling over import landed price as well as assured
timely payments for the supplier to Public Health
System.
Cluster Development &
Strengthening :
Existing clusters need to be
strengthened of low cost plastic disposables in
Gujarat and Delhi NCR, Surgical Textile based in
Coimbatore, Orthopaedic Implants in Gujarat,
Maharashtra & Delhi NCR , IOL in Tamil Naidu &
Gujarat. Medical Electronics in Maharashtra, Karnataka
and Tamil Naidu by providing laboratories, research
linkages with local universities , common R&D and Tool
Room Facilities, Sterilisation Facilities , Regulatory
support consultancy and training services , permanent
exhibition/ show rooms - conference sharing and
startup facilitating centres etc.
Medical Parks can be created with
common product categories with common Technologies so
that they are specialized interdependent cooperative
clusters around key common raw material / component
suppliers eg AMTZ at Vishakhapatnam in Andhra was
envisaged to be focused on large capital medical
electronics equipments with mother units of X Ray
tubes to attract X Ray Manufacturers and of Magnetic
Coils to attract manufacturing of CT Scan & MRI
equipment and of EMC testing for aiding manufacturing
of large medical electronic equipment.
Similarly AiMeD recommended
Aurangabed in Maharashtra and Haryana, Karnal to focus
on Orthopedic implants and Surgical Instruments by
inviting and supporting a stainless steel alloy
manufacturer instead of Industry being dependent upon
expensive imports from Sweden etc. as well as a
strategically located logistics hub for medical
equipment online Traders and for National Distributors
considering its central distance to all parts of India
:for Chennai and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh were
recommended to develop Medical Park focused on
Instruments - Medical Electronics & IVD ; Trivandrum/
Kerala to have a Medical Park focused on Latex and
Rubber Technology with commonly shared zero discharge
effluent treatment center. For UP - Noida to focus on
small consumer electronics & midsized electronics
along with IVD reagents in collaboration with NIB.
Hyderabad Telangana to focus on Medical Electrical
Equipment and implants needing clinical research
studies. Bangalore- Karnataka Medical Park to focus on
embedded and stand alone software, AI and IOT app
based Products.
Projects that encourage import
substitution needs to be encouraged and prioritized
considering the scores of medical Devices that
continues to be imported.
Conclusion :
Its important that existing
Manufacturers in the existing NCR and other Clusters
don’t feel at a competitive disadvantage and feel need
to relocate to a Medical Devices Park for a temporary
short term gain. The Parks should complement and not
compete with existing Factories by States having a
twin Policy to strengthen both Parks & Clusters, as
detailed above.
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