How reduction in stent prices has made domestic players competitiveThe reduction in stent prices enthused Indian manufacturers, which had been on the fringes of the business and had been desperately trying ...
06 Jun, 2018, 02.51 PM IST
Government blocks companies from withdrawing stents until December 2017The Department of Pharmaceuticals has directed stent importers and domestic manufacturers to maintain their production, import and supply f...
29 Sep, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
Government forbids cos from withdrawing stents until December to prevent shortageThe move may affect multinational cos that have been trying to withdraw their high-end stents from India after the drug pricing watchdog ca...
29 Sep, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
Supply all knee implant brands, government tells companiesThe move is expected to preempt any shortages and ensure uninterrupted supply of a variety of high quality primary and revision knee implan...
26 Sep, 2017, 05.24 PM IST
Pricing regulator says Abbott can discontinue premium 'Xience Alpine' stent in a yearAbbott had moved to withdraw Alpine citing that selling the product here was unviable after the maximum prices of all drug-eluting stents w...
26 Sep, 2017, 01.11 AM IST
Abbott allowed to discontinue dissolvable stent in IndiaThe company asserted that its decision to withdraw Abbott was based on “low commercial uptake” and this was reflected in the sales figures ...
22 Sep, 2017, 01.41 AM IST
After dissolvable stent 'Absorb', Abbott moves to withdraw 'Xience Alpine'Abbott publicly announced intentions to stop global sales of dissolvable scaffold ‘Absorb’, which has been mired in controversy for risks r...
11 Sep, 2017, 09.24 AM IST
Abbott to stop sales of bioresorbable stent 'Absorb', moves to withdraw it in IndiaAbbott’s move also comes while several regulators in different countries have scrutinised this scaffold, used in life saving procedures, ov...
09 Sep, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Centre cracks whip, no stent can be withdrawn, for nowThe department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) said it had come across reports regarding shortage of coronary stents in the market and in hospital...
25 Apr, 2017, 10.54 AM IST
Government invokes emergency clause to maintain supply of stentsThe move comes in the wake of various multinationals, including Abbott and Medtronic, seeking permission to withdraw some of their products...
24 Apr, 2017, 09.49 PM IST
Three MNC pharma companies want to recall its new generation stents from IndiaIt's not clear if firms can withdraw their products as the Department of Pharmaceuticals had recently prevented stent makers from taking th...
24 Apr, 2017, 02.12 AM IST
Govt seeks complaints on ‘dissolving stents’, but has no system to act on itThe Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission in Ghaziabad is the national coordination centre for the materio vigilance programme.
15 Apr, 2017, 01.14 PM IST
"Indian drug regulator wants patients to report adverse effects of Abbott BVS"BVS used as an implant during an angioplasty procedure is a tube device that clears blockages in arteries that carry blood to the heart whi...
11 Apr, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
Centre issues medical 'alert' on bio-resorbable stentsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)'s note posted on its website cited "safety concerns" as the reason.
11 Apr, 2017, 07.53 AM IST
First India-made dissolvable stent gets ministry nodUnlike drug-eluting stents that are made of metal and stay in the arteries forever, Meril’s 100 micron-thick BVS ‘MeRes100’ is made of mate...
23 Feb, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
New stents disappear from hospitals for 're-labelling'Cardiologists told TOI on Thursday the bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS)— the fourth generation and most recent one that dissolves into...
17 Feb, 2017, 01.00 PM IST
Hospitals have to bill stents separately, rules National Pharmaceutical Pricing AuthorityMedical facilities, including retailers and dealers of stents, will also have to display price list of stents on a part of their premises w...
15 Feb, 2017, 12.07 PM IST