World & BusinessRegulators could gain new powers to stop sales of unsafe medical devices
The Economic Times reports that the government is considering tougher rules allowing regulators to halt manufacturing or distribution and order the destruction of unsafe, defective, substandard or spurious devices.
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The Economic Times reports that a proposed amendment to Rule 30(1) of the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, could give regulators explicit powers to stop the manufacture, sale or distribution of unsafe, defective, substandard or spurious products and order their destruction. The proposal aims to strengthen enforcement, reduce ambiguity and remove potentially harmful devices from circulation more quickly, the newspaper says.