SFL CEO and President of the Medtech & Pharma Platform Association (MPP) Shayesteh Fuerst-Ladani opens the 2019 Medtech and Pharma Platform Annual Conference – MPP2019 (24-25 October, Basel). SFL is a proud member of the MPP Association and a co-organizer of this event. This year the conference will explore the theme of “Pharma and medtech innovation in times of societal, technological and regulatory shifts”. The conference will include almost 300 attendees from across the pharma, medtech, software and regulatory sectors who will listen to talks from 25 expert speakers over six session, as well as host 30 leading companies at the MPP Exhibition and facilitate collaboration through a 1-on-1 partnering tool.

SFL’s Head of Medical Devices Karin Schultze will also Chair the Conference session entitled “Are new regulations going to slow down innovation?” (24 October), while SFL’s Head of Combination Products Theresa Jeary will present on “Regulatory and data protection considerations using software as medical device (SaMD) in drug development” (25 October).

Shayesteh, Karin, Theresa and colleagues from SFL’s cross-functional teams will be at MPP2019 over the two days. You can visit them at the SFL booth (booth #34) or arrange meetings with the SFL team through the conferences 1-1 partnering tool. The SFL team would be happy to meet you at the event and discuss how opportunities and developments in the combined products field can be harnessed to support your medical device projects.