18-Indigenous Blood Bag Manufacturing_C Padmakumar.pdf

Indigenous blood bag manufacturing

1. FIRST NATIONAL CME OF ISTM
Indigenous Blood Bag Manufacturing
C Padmakumar
Special Officer
Kerala Medical Technology Consortium
Government of Kerala
11 July 2024

2. Indian National Science Academy Anthology
“Indian Science Transforming India – A look back
on India’s seventy-year journey 15 August 1947
– 15 August 2017”
Pages 88 – 104 – “A Scarlet Pouch endowed with
life”

8. Opportunities in Transfusion- Global looking at India
•Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
(https://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html)
•Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan
(https://web.sipa.gov.tw/english/)
•Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster
(https://www.fbri-kobe.org/kbic/english/)

9. Forecast for 2040
US $ 50 Billion
Indian Medical Devices Industry
Indian Medical Devices Market
US $ 12.00 Billion
in 2023
Small but rapidly growing
Medical Device Industry
High Quality Scientific
Engineering and Medical talent
Source : KMPG/ Invest India
Kerala :
$ 1.05BN
Poor quality Medical Devices
75% imports

10. IRELAND MEDTECH STORY :
FROM ZERO MEDTECH INDUSTRIES IN 1970’S
60%
of the industry
is indigenous
and a
significant
proportion are
SMES
Ireland's medtech
sector employs
29,000
people across
450 companies,
The Irish MedTech sector
has been recognized by
the Government as a
prime contributor to the
growth of the Irish
economy, representing
nearly
10% of all exports
Ireland is now one of the
largest exporters of medical
products in Europe, with
annual exports of
€ 12.6 billion
to over 100 countries
worldwide
Source : Irish MedTech Story: IEBC

11. KERALA MEDTECH STORY :
ZERO MEDTECH INDUSTRIES IN 1970’S
Almost
100%
of the industry
is indigenous
and a
significant
proportion are
SMES
Kerala medtech
sector employs
25,000
people across
76 companies,
The Kerala MedTech
sector has been
recognized as a provider
of high Quality Medical
Devices in the Country &
focusses on Export
Markets.
Kerala MedTech
Manufactures between
15 to 20% of India’s
Medical Devices
$ 1.05 billion
Exports to over 100 countries
worldwide collectively.