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Catherine Longworth is the Editor-in-Chief of four flagship healthcare publications at GlobalData, where she leads editorial strategy and content development across the medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology sectors. With over a decade of international experience in healthcare journalism and a background in biomedical science, Catherine oversees a team of journalists dedicated to delivering data-driven, high-impact content for a global professional audience.

Dr. Miguel Hernandez is a general physician with postgraduate studies in the field of clinical and medical Bioethics. He has been involved in the area of clinical research mainly focused on Medical Devices over the past 12 years, where he has been responsible for pre-market safety reporting and post-market surveillance across Europe, U.S.A., Canada and Japan. His main area of therapeutical expertise include orthopedics, interventional cardiology, CNS, dermatology, rheumatology and women’s health.

He has worked in diverse roles across the industry, including medical device companies and CROs, in roles such as  Safety Officer and Medical Management, Clinical Research Physician, Medical Device Safety Manager, Head of Materiovigilance, and is currently working as Medical Device and Safety Surveillance Lead for UCB,  where is heavily involved in the transition from the Directive 2007/47/EC to the MDR (2017/745) in order to meet regulatory compliance.

With 30 years of experience in the field of IVD medical devices, Marta Carnielli currently serves as the Head of Certification IVD at TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH, where she oversees the certification process for IVD medical devices. She ensures accreditations, designations and authorizations relevant to IVDs are maintained by TÜV SÜD.

Marta represents TÜV SÜD in regulatory committees and conferences, supporting management and technical experts in interpretation of regulatory requirements. She chairs the IVD Notified Bodies (NB) Working Group within the NB Coordination Group, NBCG-MED.

Before joining TÜV SÜD, Marta held various roles of increasing responsibility at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics within the Customer Technical Support and the Quality, Regulatory and Compliance department.