What is the impact of AI Act on Medical Devices?

The AI Act or Artificial Intelligence Act is now a reality. But what does it mean for the Medical Device industry and what should you do within your Quality or Regulatory affairs activities.  

Erik Vollebregt, from Axon Lawyers will tell us what we should understand with this new legislation and what are the consequences for the Medical Device community. 

Who is Erik Vollebregt? 

Erik specializes in EU and national legal and regulatory issues relating to medical devices, including eHealth, mHealth, software, and protection of personal data. He is an expert in life sciences regulation at the EU and Dutch level, with a focus on contracts, and regulatory litigation against competent authorities and M&A. Erik was initially trained as intellectual property and competition lawyer, starting his career at the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. He subsequently gained experience in contentious matters, commercial contracts, and transactional work at three large international law firms. He actively contributes to law and policy development at the national and EU levels via membership in specialized committees at branch associations and the European Commission. Erik also works as an arbitrator in medical devices-related disputes and is regularly retained as an expert witness in foreign litigation. Erik worked and lived in Brussels and Stockholm for several years, and is fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, and Swedish. Chambers Europe 2017: Erik is known for his specialism in regulatory work, which covers medical technology, devices, and products as well as for biotechnology. Clients confirm his strong capabilities, with one saying “he stands out to me. Whenever I work with lawyers he has been the best, with a solid scientific background. He has the perfect combination of skills and experience.”

  

Who is Monir El Azzouzi? 

Monir El Azzouzi is the founder and CEO of Easy Medical Device a Consulting firm that is supporting Medical Device manufacturers for any Quality and Regulatory affairs activities all over the world. Monir can help you to create your Quality Management System, Technical Documentation or he can also take care of your Clinical Evaluation, Clinical Investigation through his team or partners. Easy Medical Device can also become your Authorized Representative and Independent Importer Service provider for EU, UK and Switzerland. 

Monir has around 16 years of experience within the Medical Device industry working for small businesses and also big corporate companies. He has now supported around 100 clients to remain compliant on the market. His passion to the Medical Device filed pushed him to create educative contents like, blog, podcast, YouTube videos, LinkedIn Lives where he invites guests who are sharing educative information to his audience. Visit easymedicaldevice.com to know more. 

Link: 

• Erik Vollebregt Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvollebregt/ 
• Axon Lawyers Website: https://www.axonlawyers.com/ 
• Erik Blog: https://medicaldeviceslegal.com/ 

Social Media to follow

• Monir El Azzouzi Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/melazzouzi
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/elazzouzim
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/easymedicaldevice
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/easymedicaldevice

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