Event Regulation and Development of Biomedical Devices in times of COVID-19

New challenges have emerged in both development and regulatory processes to ensure safe and effective access to medical devices during the COVID-19 Public Health emergency. In this event, experts in the area shared how this situation has been faced from different points of view in the region.

ORGANIZES: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Chapters Peru and Argentina
Monday July 27, 2020
17:00 h Peru

OPENING: Roberto Lavarelo, Ph.D – AdCom Region 9 Representative
PLENARY TALK – CAROLE CAREY: “Ensuring Timely and Continued Access to Safe and Effective Medical Devices in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic”
CAROLE CAREY

DISCUSSION PANEL “Regulatory aspects in Latin America in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

MODERATORS:
Sandra Perez Buitrago, Ph.D – President of the Peruvian Chapter IEEE-EMBS.
Leandro J. Cymberknop, Ph.D – President IEEE-EMBS Argentine Chapter.

PANELISTS:

● JOHN ALEXANDER MUÑOZ, MSc. (Colombia)
● LIDA ESTHER HILDEBRANDT PINEDO Q.F. (Peru)
● MARÍA DE MONTSERRAT GODÍNEZ GARCÍA, MSc (MEXICO)
● EDUARDO FERNANDEZ SARDÁ, MSc (ARGENTINA)