Overview of Materiovigilance Programme of India

The Medical devices vigilance also known as Materiovigilance, is the collection, assessment, reporting and identification of trends in incidents resulting from the uses of medical devices (ex.instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article etc.).To ensure the safety of medical devices in India, a Materiovigilance Programme of India (MvPI) has been implemented from government of India in 2013 and it was formally launched on July 6, 2015, with collaboration of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) as the National Coordinating Center (NCC).The collected and generated safety data will support to Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for giving recommendation for safe use of medical devices in Indian population.