Outsourcing in Clinical Trials: Medical Devices Europe 2023

The 2023 programme will offer a fresh insight into the latest regulatory updates, global clinical trials, advanced technologies such as digital health and connected devices space, and more. With presentations and panel discussions on all the hottest industry trends and outsourcing challenges.

21 - 22

February

2023
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The meeting place for healthcare pioneers and innovators

Join medical device experts to discuss new trends and opportunities and learn how to optimize their clinical operation knowledge and stay ahead of the game. Find the right solution providers to partner with to accelerate your trial timelines.

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  • 21 Feb 2023
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8 AM

Registration & Refreshments

8:55 AM

Chairman’s Opening Remarks

9 AM

How to build a good relationship with your clinical trial site and how it can improve clinical trial performance

  • Highlighting the role that the clinical trial site plays and how to work with the site during the planning phase
  • How to ensure a study will stand out at a clinical trial site
  • Exploring some key advice on how to get the most out of your site
  • Focus points moving forwards, how both CRO’s and sponsors can work with a site to improve the quality of a trial

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9:30 AM

Preparing for Medical Device Approval: Strategies for Meeting US and European Regulatory Standards

  • Current advancements and projected schedules for EU MDR conformity
  • Tactics for tackling significant obstacles encountered by the industry
  • The digital transition imperative to competently abide by EU MDR regulations and surpass them

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10 AM

A New Phase In Good Clinical Practice: Are We Ready To Implement All Aspects Of ICO 2020 Requirements?

  • What are the shifts in the scope of requirements on clinical investigations?
  • Working on the connection between Good Clinical Practice requirements together with other standards and MDR?
  • Unveiling experience with dealing with ethics committees and competent authorities under new set of requirements

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10:30 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

11 AM

Navigating operational challenges for start-ups starting their clinical journey

  • Exploring all the lessons learned from two digital health start ups
  • Finding committed clinical partners for trials
  • Designing trials for reimbursement, not (only) regulatory
  • From retrospective to prospective trials, from structural to functional endpoints

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11:30 AM

Post Market Clinical Follow-up: Dealing with the rising costs of clinical trials

  • Why collecting high-quality and relevant data from outside EU can be a cost-effective solution?
  • How do Notify Bodies view data from outside the EU?
  • How to ensure you are collecting high-quality and relevant data from sites outside EU?

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12 PM

Effectively Using Patient Reported Outcomes (Pros) To Garner Quality Clinical Data

  • Patient Reported Outcomes: the new frontier of real-world evidence
  • Planning and setting up a well-defined process to garner quality data from PROs
  • Addressing ongoing challenges to improve the feasibility of patient reporting
  • Case study – Data collected from patient survey
  • How this survey helped to meet the evidence requirements and demonstrate the safety and performance of the device according to the clinical benefits

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12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Is There Any Room For Innovation During The Era Of MDR? Ensuring Competitiveness And Innovation During Uncertain Regulations

  • Understanding the significant impact of MDR on innovation in medical device industry
  • Is the innovation moving to the US: Uncovering the impact of MDR on the European market
  • Assessing practical solutions in compliance with competent authorities and ethics committee

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2 PM

EU MDR: How Attractive is Europe for Innovation

  • What are the main regulatory challenges for new medical devices after EU MDR?
  • How MedTech companies are reacting?
  • Is CE-mark still "first choice" by start-ups and SMEs

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2:30 PM

A deep dive into PMCF, exploring a full cycle and the key points at each stage

  • Conception of an idea and moving it forward
  • Seeking the right approval by notified bodies and expert panels
  • Overcoming hurdles in implementation

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3 PM

Afternoon Networking & Refreshments

3:30 PM

Uncovering the benefits of remote monitoring in modern trials

  • Exploring the place that remote trials have in the modern clinical world
  • Reviewing the positives and negative aspects of remote patient and data monitoring
  • What are the operational challenges of reviewing data remotely compared to site visits
  • Do we lose an element of trust when we take away the site relationship?

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4 PM

Advancing Digital Technologies in Daily Study Management

  • Regulatory requirements and increasing demand for digital technologies
  • Commonly seen digital technologies for study integration
  • Challenges implementing digital technologies
  • The future of digital technologies

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4:30 PM

Is Innovation In Medical Devices Industry Dependent On Smaller Firms? Understanding The Impact Of MDR On The Dynamics Of Medical Industry

  • Does the high levels of bureaucracy prevent innovation driven by smaller firms?
  • Unveiling the impact of liquidity issues on medical device innovation
  • Is there a way out? Tackling the complexity of regulations for the sake of a more innovative medical device industry

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5 PM

Case Study: How to bring your product out to the market through clinical trials.

  • Finding alternatives outside of the EU and US to start off a clinical cycle
  • Working with first in human trials as a way to prove safety and efficacy
  • The possibilities of working without a CRO at the early stages of clinical testing

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5:30 PM

Chairman’s Closing Remarks & Drinks Reception

8:30 AM

Registration and Refreshments

8:50 AM

Chair’s Opening Remarks

9 AM

Speaker Hosted Roundtables

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Each roundtable session lasts for 30 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables

RT1 Discussing The Current Issues With Efficient Supply Chain Management For Clinical Trials Of Medical Devices

Sandra Kohler, Director of Clinical Ops, Xeltis

RT2 Addressing The Challenges With MDR: How to Plan the Clinical Investigation for a Medical Device To Generate an Appropriate Evidence Compliant with the New Regulation?

Yana Arlouskaya, Project Manager for Clinical Investigations, Paul Hartmann AG

RT3 Developing Effective Procedures For Study Risk Management In Your Medical Device Trial

Danish Mairaj, Principal Engineer Medical Device Design, Resyca

RT4 Developing Effective Vendor Management Tools to Oversee Your Clinical Investigation

Dr Hans-Heinrich Nickell, Business Development Consultant, Lumis Life Science Consulting GmbH

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10 AM

Morning Refreshments and Networking

10:30 AM

Panel: CROs As Partners: How To Find Best CRO According To Your Requirements?

  • Understanding the benefits of long term partnership with CROs
  • How can the CROs help medical manufacturers to expand their studies outside Europe?
  • Ensuring efficient CRO selection: Are CROs up to date with new MDR regulations?
  • Discovering different ways to engage with CROs
  • Unveiling the changing CRO requirements for companies with different sizes

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11 AM

Finally obtained CE certification, what is needed next?

  • How to collect PMCF clinical data for your device to stay CE marked on the market.
  • What are your options?

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11:30 AM

Discussing the IVDR state of play with a focus on the challenges of Small/Medium Enterprises

  • Providing a regulatory update on the current field
  • Sharing the current status of transition and how the industry is doing
  • Focusing on the challenges that SMEs face in these trying times

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12 PM

Defining Sample Size for Pre- and Post-Market Clinical Activities

  • How to justify the sample size
  • How to prepare for sample size calculation
  • How clinical experience influences sample size

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12:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM

Case Study – How to improve the outcome of clinical performance studies of IVD products by meeting EN 62366 12015 A12020 standard

  • Discussing some of the main challenges of meeting the new standards with IVD products
  • How to get the most out of your product and ensure that the user is able to work with the device easily

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2 PM

IVDR and Companion Diagnostics Challenges in Clinical Studies

  • Review the conformity assessment procedure for companion diagnostics
  • Discover the when and how of clinical performance studies, including clinical evidence and
    submission requirements
  • Learn sponsor responsibilities within a companion diagnostics clinical performance study

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2:30 PM

Growing Trends on the Use of RWE for Clinical Development

  • Understanding how the regulatory landscape is evolving, with growing acceptance of RWE by regulators around the world
  • The increasing usage of Real World Evidence and Real World Data will be explored in a global context

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3 PM

Fireside Chat: Tackling The Reasons For A Much Needed Change: Benefits Of Inclusive Terminology For Patient Documentation In Med-Device Clinical Trials:

  • A look at current ISF patient documentation policy: Is it really inclusive?
  • How does a gender bias affect the medical device clinical trials?
  • Understanding the benefits of an inclusive terminology for medical devices

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3:30 PM

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Renata Čížková
Head of Clinical Department, , ELLA-CS

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Is Innovation In Medical Devices Industry Dependent On Smaller Firms? Understanding The Impact Of MDR On The Dynamics Of Medical Industry

2023-02-21, 4:30 PM

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Sandra Kohler
Director Of Clinical Ops, Xeltis

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Speaker Hosted Roundtables

2023-02-22, 9:00 AM

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Panel: CROs As Partners: How To Find Best CRO According To Your Requirements?

2023-02-22, 10:30 AM

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Yana Arlouskaya
Project Manager For Clinical Investigations, Hartmann Group

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2023-02-22, 9:00 AM

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Enrico Perfler
CEO, 1MED SA

A biomedical engineer by training, Mr. Perfler has 18 years of professional experience specialising in medical device technology and, with his company, has overseen the development and regulatory approval of over 500 medical devices.

In 2014, he founded 1MED SA, a dynamic international company providing regulatory support, digital solutions and full-service CRO support to the medical device and pharmaceutical industry with a focus on IVD and medical products.

Mr. Perfler is also a contract professor of “Regulatory Affairs” at University of Pavia, Faculty of Engineering and an active contributor to the ISO technical committee for the biological evaluation of medical devices.

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EU MDR: How Attractive is Europe for Innovation

2023-02-21, 2:00 PM

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Jana Meschede
Project Manager, ZEISS Medical
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Danish Mairaj
Principal Engineer Medical Device Design, Resyca

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2023-02-22, 9:00 AM

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Deborah-Ann Schuster
Clinical Project Manager, Hospital Patient Monitoring, Philips

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Is There Any Room For Innovation During The Era Of MDR? Ensuring Competitiveness And Innovation During Uncertain Regulations

2023-02-21, 1:30 PM

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Aude Yulzari
Clinical Affairs Manager, Precisis

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A deep dive into PMCF, exploring a full cycle and the key points at each stage

2023-02-21, 2:30 PM

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Chems Hachani
CEO, ECLEVAR MEDTECHECH

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Post Market Clinical Follow-up: Dealing with the rising costs of clinical trials

2023-02-21, 11:30 AM

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Luana Clerico
Clinical & Medical Affairs Director, Polytech

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Effectively Using Patient Reported Outcomes (Pros) To Garner Quality Clinical Data

2023-02-21, 12:00 PM

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Pavel Kusnierik
Head Of Regulatory Affairs, Contipro

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A New Phase In Good Clinical Practice: Are We Ready To Implement All Aspects Of ICO 2020 Requirements?

2023-02-21, 10:00 AM

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Hans-Heinrich Nickell
Business Development Consultant, Qmed Consulting

Dr. Hans-Heinrich Nickell has more than 20 years of experience in clinical development support for pharmaceutical companies, biotech, medical device and vaccine industries. He holds a degree in Pharmacy from the Philipps University in Marburg and a degree for Human Medicine from the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg. After clinical work as a medical doctor at the University Clinic in Lübeck he started his career in 1995 in the pharmaceutical industry working for biotech companies. From 1999 he has worked in Business Development for major CROs with a focus on Medical Devices, CNS, Infectious Diseases, Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Oncology.

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Laia Casas Papiol
Clinical Project Leader, Noucor Health

Biomedical Scientist with an MSc in Monitoring Clinical trials and Medical Affairs. Have worked in several positions from top to bottom: From study coordinator to RD Project Manager at a Sponsor Company, including CRA. Work through various companies: Pharmaceutical laboratories, CROs and medical device start-ups. Have worldwide experience in clinical trials, and planned, designed, and led clinical projects for EMA and FDA.

 

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Fireside Chat: Tackling The Reasons For A Much Needed Change: Benefits Of Inclusive Terminology For Patient Documentation In Med-Device Clinical Trials:

2023-02-22, 3:00 PM

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Fiona Maini
Senior Director, Global Compliance and Strategy, Medidata

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Preparing for Medical Device Approval: Strategies for Meeting US and European Regulatory Standards

2023-02-21, 9:30 AM

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Claire Woodthorpe
Chief Operating Officer, Lightpoint Medical

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Uncovering the benefits of remote monitoring in modern trials

2023-02-21, 3:30 PM

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Jón I. Bergsteinsson
Founder, SMART-TRIAL by Greenlight Guru

Jón I. Bergsteinsson, M.Sc. Biomed. Eng. is the VP of Global Business Development and the co-founder of SMART-TRIAL, he also served as the CTO until 2017 where he paved the way for the platform’s quality standards, data security, and compliance. With a strong technical background, and 10 years of experience in clinical informatics, research, and medical devices, Jón’s primary mission is to share valuable insights and know-how on clinical data management with the MedTech industry.

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Defining Sample Size for Pre- and Post-Market Clinical Activities

2023-02-22, 12:00 PM

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Wouter Mattheussens
Junior Clinical Project Manager, QServe

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Finally obtained CE certification, what is needed next?

2023-02-22, 11:00 AM

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Marta Carnielli
Head Of Certification, TÜV SÜD

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Discussing the IVDR state of play with a focus on the challenges of Small/Medium Enterprises

2023-02-22, 11:30 AM

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Karel Volenec
CEO, ELLA-CS

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Is Innovation In Medical Devices Industry Dependent On Smaller Firms? Understanding The Impact Of MDR On The Dynamics Of Medical Industry

2023-02-21, 4:30 PM

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Manuel Opitz
CEO, Deepeye Medical

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Navigating operational challenges for start-ups starting their clinical journey

2023-02-21, 11:00 AM

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Olli Keränen
CEO, Medtentia

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Case Study: How to bring your product out to the market through clinical trials.

2023-02-21, 5:00 PM

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Carlos Fuste
Medical Director Spain / France, Fidia Farmaceutici SpA

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Growing Trends on the Use of RWE for Clinical Development

2023-02-22, 2:30 PM

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Paulo Neves
Vice President Clinical And Medical Affairs, Xeltis

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How to build a good relationship with your clinical trial site and how it can improve clinical trial performance

2023-02-21, 9:00 AM

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Frank Keulen
Director, Program Delivery, Medical Device and Diagnostics, Premier Research

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Advancing Digital Technologies in Daily Study Management

2023-02-21, 4:00 PM

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Catherine Longworth
Editor, GlobalData
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Miron Tokarski
CEO, Genomtec

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Case Study – How to improve the outcome of clinical performance studies of IVD products by meeting EN 62366 12015 A12020 standard

2023-02-22, 1:30 PM

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