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Union govt to set up National Medical Devices Promotion Council

Viskhapatnam, Dec 14 (UNI) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu on Friday announced the setting up of a National Medical Devices Promotion Council under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Speaking at the fourth WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices at Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone, here, Prabhu said the council is to give a fillip to the medical device sector, which is a sunrise sector.
The proposed council will be headed by Secretary, DIPP. Apart from the concerned departments of Government of India, it will also have representatives from health care industry and quality control institutions.
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