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CDSCO's Twin Regulatory Push Could Reshape India's MedTech Industry
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Fusion42 · 7 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's CDSCO plans tougher manufacturing audits and a proposed R&D test-licence waiver aiming to raise compliance standards while accelerating innovation in the medical-device industry, impacting mostly smaller manufacturers and startups.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Medtech.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
You face rising regulatory costs if you are a smaller medical device maker in India, but a new waiver for R&D-stage devices opens a fast lane to test innovations early. You should explore partnerships to share compliance burden and speed up your development cycle now.
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