Medical device firms sound the alarm over new steel standardsEarlier, foreign suppliers only needed BIS certification for finished steel products. Under the new rule, materials like hot rolled steel, ...
08 Aug, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
Syringe companies feel the pain as vaccination rate dipsProduction of AD immunisation syringes at its plants has fallen from 4.5-5.0 million units per day a year ago to 500,000-600,000 now. "We a...
23 Feb, 2023, 09.24 AM IST
Indian syringe makers told to put stocks on hold by two monthsIn an email dated February 14 to syringe makers, Central Medical Service Society (CMSS)-the government’s procurement body told the manufact...
18 Feb, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
Syringe companies told to defer supplies as vaccination slowsIn view of the current availability and estimated requirement of syringes for Covid-19 vaccination and Universal Immunisation Programme, it...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
AiSMA expresses concerns over government’s decision to restrict syringe exportRajiv Nath, President, All India Syringes and Needles Manufacturers Association (AiSNMA) urged the government to lift the restriction on no...
05 Oct, 2021, 07.55 PM IST
Yogesh Mehta on 3 FMCG names to bet onThese three companies would see higher volume growth in Q3 and Q4.
06 Jan, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
Not without India: World's biggest medicine maker gears up for coronavirus vaccine raceIndia manufactures more than 60% of all vaccines sold across the globe, and while its $40 billion pharmaceutical sector is not yet involved...
10 Dec, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Covid has given syringe makers an unparalleled opportunity. And a prickly problemSyringe manufacturers are hopeful of meeting the demand arising out of the upcoming Covid vaccination programme, but a lack of clarity on t...
29 Nov, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccine supply chain: From syringe to cold storage, how companies are ramping up productionShortages in vaccine and consumables may not be felt in the first few rounds of inoculations. But they are likely to crop up in the followi...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
Retail prices of syringes marked up as much as 664%, shows new reportThe report, which has analysed available data on the trade margins of these products, has also found the retail prices of needles to be mar...
07 Mar, 2018, 10.26 AM IST
Hetero launches HumiraTM biosimilar in IndiaThe product will be marketed by Hetero Healthcare under the brand name ‘MaburaTM’ in India, the company said.
04 Jan, 2018, 06.09 AM IST
Domestic firms volunteer to drop syringe, needle prices over 50%According to an industry executive who did not wish to be named, the domestically manufactured syringes and needles market together is esti...
22 Dec, 2017, 06.15 AM IST
Rein in MRP or government will, syringe makers toldThe NPPA had issued notice to the hospital following allegations of over-charging by the parents of the girl who died after leaving the hos...
21 Dec, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Max Super Specialty made excessive profits on disposable syringes: CCICCI in 2015 ordered a probe into allegations that the hospital had colluded with multinational syringe maker Becton Dickinson’s Indian arm ...
07 Dec, 2017, 01.53 AM IST
Why you pay 2 to 5 times the wholesale price on medical devicesThe bulk of the category of IV diagnostics, which includes lab reagents and accessories, constituting 10%, is also out of any sort of monit...
09 Jul, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
Roselabs Biosciences sets up Rs 400 crore pre-filled syringes unit in AhmedabadCompany claims setting up first fully integrated PFS unit and expects to break-even in next two years, as the demand for PFS is rising.
18 Jun, 2013, 05.43 PM IST
- US co drags govt to court for revoking tender
The Indian arm of the US-based medical devices maker Becton Dickinson (BD) has dragged the health ministry and three companies to the court...
27 Jul, 2009, 02.02 AM IST