Consider the following statements about MedTech Mitra portal: 

1.      Recently, union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched MedTech Mitra portal. 

2.      It aims to assist medical technology innovators in clinical evaluation and uptake of new products. 

3.      The portal will be coordinated collaboratively by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the guidance of NITI Aayog.  

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Solution

Recently, the union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched MedTech Mitra portal.  It is an online portal that aims to assist medtech innovators in clinical evaluation, regulatory facilitation, and uptake of new products. The portal will be coordinated collaboratively by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the guidance of NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission.  The MedTech Mitra platform, along with the recent medical devices policy and the production-linked incentive scheme, will together provide a boost to the medical devices sector and encourage domestic manufacturing of these devices.