{
  "id": 2398871,
  "title": "Medical device makers to soon face Facility audits; Test-Licence waiver on cards: DCGI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/medical-device-makers-to-soon-face-facility-audits-test-licence",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:07:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/medical-devices/medical-device-makers-to-soon-face-facility-audits-test-licence-waiver-on-cards-dcgi/133407754"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Speaking at CII’s MedTech Summit, the DCGI said, “Over the last two years, 30,000 product licences have been issued as we focused on facilitating approvals for the industry. Moving forward, we will see a significant increase in audits of the medical device industry, as companies have been given sufficient time to adapt to the new regulatory framework and there have been extensive discussions with…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}