Boston Scientific opens R&D centre in Pune, its second facility in India

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With an aim to capitalise on the country’s R&D expertise and providing diverse opportunities for engineers and innovators, Boston Scientific Corporation has set up its second state-of-the-art R&D Center, in Pune. Spread across 45000 square feet, it is equipped with an array of sophisticated medical equipment and simulators to facilitate the R&D process and build more R&D capacity.

It will provide expertise to all of the company’s diverse therapy areas, namely Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Interventions, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Endoscopy, Neuromodulation, and Urology and Pelvic Health. The R&D team in Pune will provide complete 360-degree support in areas of mechanical design and analysis, software engineering, sustaining engineering, quality, and compliance.

Boston Scientific is a US-based medical device company and a leading innovator of less invasive medical solutions. It established its first India R&D Center in Gurugram in 2014, and since then it has contributed to more than 100 patent filings and innovation ideas.

“Investing in R&D and clinical science is critical to the development of medical technologies and solutions that support patients around the world. Globally, Boston Scientific invests over US$1 billion in R&D every year and we are pleased to further include India with the opening of this second R&D Center in Pune,” said Ralph Cardinal, Vice President, R&D, Boston Scientific APAC.

“This second R&D Center demonstrates Boston Scientific’s confidence in India’s R&D expertise and provides diverse opportunities for engineers and innovators in the country. It’s a key step in our journey as we address the needs of patients in India, the wider APAC region and around the world through innovation in India,” said Sanjeev Pandya, Director R&D Boston Scientific India.