Events

Past Events

Medical Devices Committee Interaction with Mr. Jonathan Heimer, Honorary National Executive Board Member, AMCHAM and Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy

On July 16th, AMCHAM’s Medical Devices Committee had an interaction with Mr. Jonathan Heimer, Honorary National Executive Board Member, AMCHAM and Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. Mr. Chaitanya Sarawate, Chairman – Medical Devices Committee, AMCHAM and President & CEO, GE Healthcare South Asia, Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare, moderated the session. Members discussed the GTE exemption list and UCPMP, DoP’s Pricing Committee update, pricing control mechanism, TMR way of calculation – price to the distributor, issues related to knee and stent pricing, refurbished medical devices, concerns regarding state procurement, menace of counterfeit products and an industry track to the U.S.-India Health Dialogue, among other topics. Mr. Sanjay Bhutani, Honorary Secretary & Treasurer, AMCHAM and Managing Director – India & SAARC, Bausch & Lomb India, Mr. Naveen Rai, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Embassy and Mr. Raman Ahuja, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Embassy joined the meeting. More than 25 members participated this meeting.