Artixio

Medical Devices Regulatory Services in India

Your Partner for End-to-End Regulatory Services in India, From Strategy to Registration and Post Approval Maintenance

Artixio offers extensive regulatory services to global manufacturers, facilitating smooth navigation of India’s CDSCO regulations.

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) regulates the registration of medical devices in India. The registration makes sure that the devices meet safety and performance standards before they can be marketed.

Services

Regulatory Intelligence & Strategy

MDR Gap Assessment

Medical Device Regulatory Affairs

Quality Consulting

Technical and Medical Writing

Clinical, Performance Evaluation

Medical Device Registration / Certification

Authorized Agent / Legal Representation

Post Market Surveillance

Key Regulations for Medical Devices in India

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945
Medical Device Rules, 2017
National Medical Devices Policy, 2022

Classification of Medical devices

Medical Devices is categorized into four risk categories: A, B, C, and D. The CDSCO processing fees for the application are determined by the device Class. The process takes 6 to 9 months regardless of the Class.

Process for Registration of Medical Devices in India:

Documents Required for Registration of Medical Devices in India

Artixio’s Medical Devices Registration Services in India

Our Regulatory and Market Access experts based in India, coupled with the Global Regulatory Projects team, have helped over a hundred pharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostics, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, supplements, and veterinary products successfully register and maintain compliance in India. Combined with Artixio’s intelligence-based services platform, Dvarka, innovators and manufacturers from around the world have benefited by seamlessly managing the regulatory strategy across the product development and commercialization value chain.

For Medical Devices, from strategic planning and registration to post-market compliance, Artixio provides high-quality regulatory affairs services to support your business needs.

Why Artixio?

Industry Recognized (CPHI Pharma Awards 2024) Tech-Enabled, Regulatory Intelligence driven Services
Ensuring compliance for 200+ Devices and Diagnostics Products Licenses
120+ Countries supported
Inhouse Regulatory Experts with 15-30+ Years of Experience
End to End Support from Product Conceptualization to Launch and Post Market Support
Wide Product Experience: Devices, Diagnostics, Combination Drugs, Software as Medical Devices (SaMD), Consumer Devices
Diverse Experience across Complex Therapeutic areas and Application Areas
ISO 9001:2015, Quality Driven Services Platform
Flexible Business Models – Project Based; Long Term FTE based
Customer Focused, Nimble Team
KPI based, continual process excellence
Represent your Organization and device in India
Artixio has valid Active Corporate Identification Number (CIN ) and has a valid wholesale license under 20B and 21.
Artixio have registered SUGAM Account
Manage your account on SUGAM online portal for Medical Devices and all the submissions made through the account
Report Post Approval changes to CDSCO
Submission of mandatory periodic PMS Reports To CDSCO*
Materiovigilance / Adverse Event Reporting to CDSCO
Artixio can provide necessary documentation or authorization from IAR to facilitate importation and customs clearance process

FAQS

1. Who act as the Central Licensing Authority for Medical Devices in India?
The Drugs Controller General (India) is the Central Licensing Authority for Medical Devices in India
The applicant is required to submit their application through online mode for which specific provision for submission of application is available as under: Website link: www.cdscomdonline.gov.in, www.nsws.gov.in
If the BIS standard is available for the particular medical device, then in such cases, the fulfilment of BIS standard is mandatory. In case there is no BIS standard available, then other international standards (ISO/IEC) would be applicable.
Product labels shall comply with the Labelling requirements as prescribed in Chapter VI of Medical Devices Rules, 2017.
Yes, for the import of Medical Devices, import license to be obtained under MDR-2017 from the Central Licensing Authority. For Class A (non-sterile and non-measuring) medical devices, the importer has to fulfil the registration requirements to obtain the registration number.
An “Authorized agent” means a person including any firm or organisation who has been appointed by an overseas manufacturer through a power of attorney to undertake import of medical device in India.
As per MDR- 2017, the timeline for grant of Import license is 9 months, if all the provided documents are satisfactory.

Regulatory Expertise Across
Multiple Countries

India
Vietnam
Mexico​
Vietnam
United States
Brazil
Europe
Malaysia
Taiwan
China
Thailand
Philippines

Industries we serve

Pharmaceuticals

Cosmetics

Nutrition

Medtech

Biologics

Veterinary

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