{
  "id": 2775351,
  "title": "Medical device makers flag new sterilisation labelling rule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/medical-device-makers-flag-new-sterilisation-labelling-rule",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-23T09:54:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ETHealthworld",
    "slug": "ethealthworld",
    "url": "https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/medical-devices/medical-device-makers-flag-new-sterilisation-labelling-rule/133437663"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The health ministry, in a notification dated August 14, 2026, amended the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, requiring manufacturers that outsource sterilisation to a licensed facility to include the facility's licence number on the device label. The requirement will become mandatory six months after the notification.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ETHealthworld",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-21T15:07:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}