VATIS UPDATE Article

At 2nd Japan-India Medical Products Regulation Symposium held in Tokyo recently, top government and industry representatives from India and Japan agreed on a joint cooperation for the development of an international standard medical device regulatory ecosystem in India. This partnership, will facilitate and expedite building up of a world class medical device industry in India. As part of the move, Indian medical device industry invited their Japanese counterparts to come and invest in India and support the government initiated ‘Make in India’ program.

The symposium was hosted by ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan and Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency with the support of Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Japan Federation of Medical Devices Association, Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of JAPAN and Osaka Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.

While, the Indian side was represented by officials from ministry of Health, Family and Welfare, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, members from FICCI, Pharmexcil and Indian medical device industry. The key topics discussed at the cooperative forum included development of medical device regulation, third party medical certifications system, quality standards and GMP system in countries, strategies and challenges for global drug development etc.