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Kaizen for Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Industries by Dr. Shruti Bhat, now available in digital and paperback editions.

In addition to explaining all the general Kaizen process features, implementation and application, this book provides a structured approach to designing Kaizen strategies, practices and implementation for Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices and Biotech companies.

This book demystifies Kaizen and helps business leaders in all life sciences organizations, irrespective of their size or workplace culture.

It provides practical and useful examples and case studies of Kaizen principles that can be executed at various levels across the organizations as well as for an individual to further their personal career.

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Shruti U. Bhat, PHD, MBA is a Lean Six Sigma Expert. She uses DMAIC and DMADV principles for Innovation & Design Thinking, New Product Development and Continuous Improvement. This ensures exponential productivity in research, checks product defects, variations and reworks. Complementing DFSS, she also employs Lean, Quality-by-Design (QbD) and Design of Experiments (DOE) methodologies to develop products faster, cheaper and state-of-the-art in quality.

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Medical robots, an emerging field in healthcare is causing a paradigm shift in healthcare as it improves the quality of patient care.
 
From microbots that scrape plaque from arteries to personal assistant robots that help care for patients, medical robots are transforming the face of healthcare. Demographic change, shortage of healthcare professionals, need to improve quality of life for the disabled and elderly and need to improve surgical procedures coupled with the focus to develop technologically advanced robots are some of the factors expected to stimulate growth in the medical robot markets.
 
The global medical robots market is segmented on the basis of segment, application and region. By segment, medical robots market is categorized into instruments and accessories and robotic systems.
 
Market Drivers for Medical Robots:
 
The growth of the global medical robots market can be majorly attributed to the following factors:

• Lack of healthcare professionals
• Need for better quality of life for disabled and aging population
• Rising need for better surgical procedures
• More focus on developing technologically advanced robots

• Market Scenario

 
The global medical robots market which was valued at $4.2 Billion in 2015 is predicted to reach $11.4 Billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 22.2% during the projected period.

In 2015, the North American market for medical robots held the largest market share among regions, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to be the key revenue pocket for this market, thus slated to grow at the highest CAGR. Rising aging population, increasing adoption rate of medical robots, increased cases of cancer, government initiatives and funding, and growing number of training programs in order to train surgeons for performing robot-assisted surgeries are the major factors responsible for the high growth in this region.
 
Based on product, the instruments & accessories segment accounted for the highest share of the market in 2015, and is also projected to grow at the highest rate over the forecast period. On the other hand, based on application, the laparoscopy segment held the largest market share in 2015, whereas the neurology segment is expected to witness the fastest growth.
 
Medical robots are set to revolutionize the healthcare sector, especially surgeries, since they are becoming more and more acceptable, globally. They not only help in reducing the time of surgery but also ensure the accuracy of the whole process coupled with better quality of patient care, thereby increasing the demand for surgical robots across the globe.
 
Da Vinci Surgical (Robot) System, the surgical assistant the US FDA approved back in 2000 has conducted more than 20,000 surgeries and has paved the way for robotic advancements in healthcare. In fact, vendors have introduced a number of new robots to better provide care to remote patients, help with various physical therapies and similar to the da Vinci system help perform surgery.
 
For example, Magnetic Microbots are a group of tiny robots used in various operations, such as removing plaque from a patient's arteries or helping with ocular conditions and disease screenings. Other robotic advancements are used to better the day-to-day lives of patients, helping them eat, like the Bestic Arm, or helping a patient regain her ability to walk, like many of Toyota's Healthcare Assistants.
 
Outside the hospital setting, caregivers use robots to enhance telemedicine and care for those restricted to their homes. The Vasteras Giraff, for instance, is a two-way call system similar to Skype and is used by doctors to communicate with the elderly. A PC, camera and monitor control the robot.
 
10 Medical robots that could change Healthcare:

On 25 May 2016, the EU agreed new rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices. 

The Netherlands presidency of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament reached a political agreement. It is still subject to the approval by the Council's Permanent Representatives Committee and of the Parliament's ENVI committee.

The agreed two draft regulations are expected to achieve a twofold aim: making sure that medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices are safe while allowing patients to benefit of innovative health care solutions in a timely manner.

Medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices cover a wide range of products, from sticking plasters to hip replacements, and from pregnancy tests to HIV tests. 

My article on page 37, published in GMP and Quality, special issue of Express Pharma, SE Asia's #1 Trade magazine.