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Ethical MedTech

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EthicalMedTech is MedTech Europe‘s compliance portal. It hosts the following medtech industry’s initiatives in ethics and compliance as well as valuable resources.

The Conference Vetting System: A unique initiative that assesses the conformity of third-party educational events with the MedTech Europe Code
e4ethics: As of 1^st January 2021 the EFPIA third party organised event assessment tool joins the EthicalMedTech compliance portal.
Transparent MedTech: A European centralised platform for MedTech companies to disclose publicly the financial support they provide to independent medical education
The Ethical Charter: A voluntary certification initiative that ensures commitment of Third Party Educational Events organisers on the application on the MedTech Europe Code provisions to the Educational Events for which they seek industry’s financial support.

The Conference Vetting System and e4ethics fall within the supervisory remit of the MedTech Europe Compliance Panel, whose task is to ensure the impartiality, independence, competence, and integrity of the decision-making process and to prevent conflicts of interest.

In addition, the Ethical MedTech platform provides the following information:

Links to the latest National Associations’ Codes
Additional resources such as training material in different national languages.

Pablo Rojas Abad

Legal & Compliance Senior Manager – Senior Legal Counsel
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Pablo Rojas Abad

Legal & Compliance Senior Manager – Senior Legal Counsel

Medtech Europe

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Pablo is Legal & Compliance Senior Manager – Senior Legal Counsel at MedTech Europe, working on all topics in the Legal & Compliance team, with a focus on the implementation of the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice and Collective Redress.

Pablo’s goal is to provide MedTech Europe members with support on any legal topic that might affect the industry, and also to support their implementation of the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice.

Pablo has previously interned in law firms and the Council of the EU. He’s a graduate of the University of Oviedo, has an LLM in International Economic Law from the University of Strathclyde and speaks fluently Spanish and English.

Outside of work Pablo is passionate about Science-Fiction books.
Clarisse Aillet

CVS Compliance Officer - External Consultant
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Clarisse Aillet

CVS Compliance Officer - External Consultant

Medtech Europe

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As an external consultant, Clarisse has been supporting the Legal and Compliance team since 2015. She has been leading the outreach towards the European Medical Community at large and steering the discussions on the future of medical education between industry, the Healthcare Professionals and the Professional Congress Organisers. She is also in charge of the Ethical MedTech Compliance Portal, designed to raise awareness of industry’s ethical standards, and supervises the Conference Vetting System, e4ethics and the Ethical Charter initiatives.

Clarisse Aillet has been working in Brussels for about 15 years in both the private and the public sector, handling EU public affairs and governmental relations, stakeholder management, corporate communications, crisis management and social media. She is fluent in French, English and German, and has a good understanding of Dutch. A resourceful entrepreneur and mother, she is a happy soul who strives to make a difference.

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Transparency

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