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Posted on 02.05.2018
How to create and maintain an ethical culture
This blog is part of the GMTCC 2018 blog series. You can follow the conversation under #GMTCC and find more details and at gmtcc.com. Check out related blogs: Swifter, Higher, Stronger: Promoting MedTech Ethics on the Global Stage, Global Responsibility, Global Ethics and Compliance, Global Principles for MedTech Innovation, Progress and new challenges after 10 years of collaboration, Distributors […]
Posted on 26.03.2018
Swifter, Higher, Stronger: Promoting MedTech Ethics on the Global Stage
This blog is part of the GMTCC 2018 blog series. You can follow the conversation under #GMTCC and find more details and at gmtcc.com. Check out related blogs: How to create and maintain an ethical culture, Global Responsibility, Global Ethics and Compliance, Global Principles for MedTech Innovation, Progress and new challenges after 10 years of collaboration, Distributors play key role […]
Posted on 11.12.2017
Spanish medtech: looking to the future (old top)
In its 40-year history, Fenin, the Spanish medtech federation, has seen enormous changes in Spain’s healthcare landscape. In the second part of a two-part interview, Margarita Alfonsel, General Secretary of Fenin, shares her thoughts on the future. Read part one, reflecting on Fenin’s 40-year history Q. How is Fenin working to shape the future of […]
Posted on 03.05.2017
Considerations on European transparency rules for the future
Following on the footsteps of our American colleagues, MedTech Europe would like to offer some thoughts on the issue of transparency and disclosure laws and how certain adaptations could help to frame transparency for a new reality. Over the last few years, a number of European countries have passed transparency or disclosure (sometimes also called “Sunshine”) laws […]
Posted on 26.04.2017
A Bridge Towards Convergence Of Ethical Standards In Medtech
The Advamed Latin America Compliance Conference and the upcoming Global MedTech Compliance Conference Sometimes I feel that compliance is like a jigsaw puzzle where every new piece brings us closer to the complete picture: Codes of Ethics. After being heavily involved in the adoption of the MedTech Europe Code of Business Ethical Practice, during my […]
Posted on 26.04.2017
Two Major Privacy Challenges Facing Medtech Companies
I recently sat down with Peter Blenkinsop, a Partner at DrinkerBiddle, an expert on data privacy and one of the panelists at our upcoming GMTCC Conference (Amsterdam, May 3-4), to get his take on the biggest privacy law challenges currently facing Medtech companies. Peter pointed to two trends that are changing the Medtech sector and provided insight on how privacy […]
Posted on 04.04.2017
Building MedTech Compliance for Tomorrow
Each fall the two of us meet to discuss global healthcare legal and compliance developments and to assess implications on the medical technology industry, patient care and innovation. When we first began collaborating the iPhone was just invented (healthcare apps were unimaginable) and, since that time, quite a bit has changed! When we annually meet, […]
Posted on 29.03.2017
Looking the Other Way: What About Upstream Corporate Considerations?
As a medtech lawyer, my focus naturally gravitates to assessing “downstream” relationships and risk; that is, analysis of the legal arrangements between manufacturers, distribution agents, and health care providers that together bring medical technologies to the patient’s bedside. These relationships can be complex, as are the legal issues they raise. But ensuring ethical standards in these relationships […]
Posted on 08.03.2017
Code of Ethical Business Practice: Impressions from interviews with Healthcare Professionals
The MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice entered into force on the 1st January 2017, with the phase-out of direct sponsorship that needs to be implemented in less than a year from now. The Code has been the topic of many conversations. However, until recently, we did not have the opinion of individual Healthcare […]