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Medical Device Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa In-house Training

This seminar will provide an essential overview of the key areas of requirements for product approvals for medical devices in the Middle East and North Africa. Covering Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.

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Course overview

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.

This course is of our range of Medical Devices training courses - now also including Medical Devices Cyber Security training to help improve your data security.

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

Who should attend?

The event will be of particular interest to:

Anyone involved in regulatory affairs for medical devices in the Middle East and North Africa
Anyone new to the region
Anyone interested in an update of recent developments

Ilona Putz
PULONA Emerging Markets

Ilona Putz is the founder and General Manager of PULONA Emerging Markets based in the UAE since 2008. Her company is dedicated to creating and developing tailor-made business concepts including regulatory consultancy for international manufacturers in the healthcare sector across the Middle East. Ilona has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry since 1988 for companies like MSD, SmithKline Beecham, Karl Engelhard, HEXAL and Sandoz where she was the Regional Head, Middle East, for Sandoz International, Germany, responsible for all commercial and business development activities. She also consults for RegAff, Emergo and Dr. Regenold GmbH for the Middle East. Ilona spoke during the DIA Europe Meeting on “Clinical Trials in the Middle East” and at the Global Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Summit 2021 and 2022. Moreover, Ilona published articles in the Journal of Medical Device Regulations on the regulatory overview for Medical Devices in Egypt, Kuwait and the UAE.

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Heba Hashem
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.

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Reviews of IPI's Medical Device Regulations in the Middle East and North Africa training course

Excellent speakers. Very knowledgeable. Gave practical and realistic interpretation of current MD activity in the MENA region.

Jun 11 2024

Naomi Smith United Kingdom
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, STERIS

Oct 7 2024

It was a good training for me and the speakers were well prepared and knowledgeable. The ppt's were also very up to date with recent info added on slides, also very nice to see that ppt's were available before training started.

Veerle Leijnen Belgium
Senior RA Executive Manager, Nikkiso Belgium

Dec 7 2022

Very good detailed introduction to the regulatory aspects of different countries

Sandra Jeberg Denmark
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dec 7 2022

Good presentation Clear speakers and good at answering questions we had Good content

Arberite Mjaku Switzerland
TEOXANE SA

Dec 7 2022

Good! 4/5

Michael Lundh Sweden
QARA director, Calmark Sweden AB

Jun 15 2022

Very friendly atmosphere created by both speakers!

Theresa Zekoll Austria
RA Manager, Croma-Pharma GmbH

Jun 19 2019

The course was very informative and the booklet I can take home is fantastic to look back on when a query arises. The speakers were very informative and kept the course interesting. I was hoping to gather more in-depth information and solve uncertain issues I was currently facing in the MEA Market. Heba and Ilona took an interest in the questions and answered all queries. Speakers were very approachable and remembered each of out fields and referred to them during the course if relevant.

Michelle Lord United Kingdom
RA Officer, Sinclair Pharma

Jun 19 2019

Very good course, covered just enough to have a good overview in amount time given.

Agata Chmielewska United Kingdom
RA/QA Specialist, CooperVision

Jun 19 2019

I was hoping to get clarification on regulations in the MENA market and find out about any updates and I believed I have accomplished that. A very good course – organised very well, great venue and good speakers.

Agata Chmielewska United Kingdom
RA/QA Specialist, CooperVision

Jun 19 2019

Very good course, covered just enough to have a good overview in the time given. The course was organised very well, a great venue, good speakers.

Agata Chmielewska United Kingdom
RA/QA Specialist, CooperVision

Jun 19 2019

The speakers were really friendly and were able to answer questions from the listeners.

Jonas Friederich Germany
Regulatory Affairs Manager , WEINMANN Emergency Medical Technology GmbH + Co. KG

Jun 19 2019

The course was very informative and the booklet I can take home is fantastic to look back on when a query arises. The speakers were very informative and kept the course interesting.

Michelle Lord United Kingdom
RA Officer, Sinclair Pharma

Jun 19 2019

Very good course, covered just enough to have a good overview in amount time given.

Agata Chmielewska United Kingdom
RA/QA Specialist, CooperVision

Jun 20 2018

It was good. The flow was very nice.

Stephanie de Souza Netherlands
Regulatory Officer, Vertex-Dental B.V.