Medical Device Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa Training Course: Getting to Grips with a Fast Growing Market

22 May 2023
DUBLIN, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Medical Device Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa Training Course" conference has been added to
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The size of the medical device market in the Middle East has expanded over recent years and this trend is forecast to continue.
The growth is due in part to innovations in technology as the majority of Middle Eastern countries are early adopters of technological advancement, which provides opportunities for medical device companies. The regulatory environment in the region is also developing and this annual seminar will provide an essential overview of the key requirements for product approvals for medical devices in the Middle East and North Africa.
The programme will focus on the regulatory requirements and developments in individual countries and include interactive discussion sessions to allow you to exchange experiences with our expert faculty and other delegates.
Benefits of attending:
Gain a valuable introduction to the medical device markets: countries, numbers, economical facts and trends, regulatory environment
Familiarise yourself with medical device regulations in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa
Understand medical devices and their classification
Clarify procedures for company and product registration
Discuss recent developments in the region
Meet, network and share experiences with other industry colleagues
Key Topics Covered:
The medical device markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Markets and Culture
Healthcare
Business culture
Economic overview
Regulatory environment and characteristics
General regulatory requirements
Company and product registration
Key documents needed
Basic structure of a dossier
Regulatory summary
Medical Devices and their classification
What is a medical device
Different classes of products
Individual Country Presentations:
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen
Recent Developments in the Region
Harmonisation activities
Countries with new regulatory requirements for medical devices
Countries in the process of establishing regulatory guidance for obtaining marketing authorisations
Discussion sessions will take place throughout the two days
Speakers:
Heba Hashem
Middle East and Africa Associate Director
PPD
Heba has been working with Regulatory Affairs in the Middle East for more than 25 years. She has a Pharmaceutical and Business background being a graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Cairo University), RAC certified in addition to an MBA at Maastricht School of Business. For the past 20 years Heba held the position of Middle East & Africa Regulatory and Quality Head at different Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies; Gambro, Bayer and Novo Nordisk.
Heba is now the Middle East and Africa Associate Director at PPD where she is providing regulatory consulting services and training to Health Care companies.
Ilona Putz
Founder
PULONA
Ilona Putz founded PULONA Emerging Markets based in the UAE which is dedicated to creating and developing tailor-made business concepts for clients in the healthcare sector across the Middle East.
She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1988 for companies like MSD, SmithKline Beecham, Karl Engelhard and HEXAL where she has held the position of Regulatory Affairs Regional Manager, responsible for regulatory affairs and later on in commercial operations for countries in the Middle East and Africa. Between 2005 and August 2008 she was Regional Head, Middle East, for Sandoz International, Germany, responsible for all commercial and business development activities.
She consults also for RegAff for the Middle East which is the only Global Specialist Regulatory Affairs company with a broad geographical coverage, and for Emergo Group, which is a global consultancy company for Medical Devices. She spoke also for DIA (Drug Information Association) Switzerland on "Clinical Trials in the Middle East", DIA Europe Meeting, Geneva 2011.
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