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Here you will find views from healthcare professionals, patients, public policy experts, social innovators, and the European medical technology industry.

This platform is curated by MedTech Europe, the European trade association for the medical technology industry including diagnostics, medical devices and digital health.

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Alenka Brzulja

Alenka Brzulja

Vice President of Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions EMEA, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies

3 Articles

Vice President of Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions EMEA, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies. Alenka joined Johnson & Johnson more than 20 years ago and has held several roles of increasing local and regional responsibility across Johnson & Johnson sectors. A MedTech enthusiast who continues to challenge what’s possible in healthcare, towards ensuring that each patient […]

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Bekki Burbidge

Deputy Chief Executive at FPA

1 Article

Bekki Burbidge is Deputy Chief Executive at the sexual health charity FPA, where she also leads the communications and information team and heads up the Sexwise programme. Before joining FPA in 2010, she worked in communications and digital roles for a number of other charities.

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David Byrne

Former EU Health Commissioner and Patron of Health First Europe

1 Article

David Byrne began his career as a barrister in Ireland in 1970, became Attorney General ofIreland in 1997, and was appointed the first European Commissioner for Health and ConsumerProtection from 1999 to 2004. Since retiring from membership of the EU Commission, Mr. Byrne acted as Special Envoy to theDirector-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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Karen Campbell

President of ISTAP

1 Article

Karen Campbell, the current President of ISTAP, is an adjunct faculty member for the Master’s of Clinical Science in Wound Healing at Western University in London ON Canada. In addition, she is an associate scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute. She has functioned as an advanced practice nurse in wound and continence care, and […]

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Paolo Carlo Capelli

Solventum Market Access Manager EMEA

1 Article

Experienced professional in Market Access and Value-Based Healthcare within the Medical Devices industry, currently serving as EMEA Market Access Manager at Solventum, with a strong background in strategic leadership, health economics, stakeholder engagement, and multiple certifications and trainings in healthcare and business administration.

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Luciano Cattani

Luciano Cattani

Former Chief Executive of Eucomed

1 Article

Former Chief Executive of Eucomed

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Alexandre Ceccaldi

Alexandre Ceccaldi

General Secretary of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN)

1 Article

Alexandre Ceccaldi is the General Secretary of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN), the think tank of medical applications of nanotechnologies in Europe, and coordinator of the NOBEL European Project, which acts for the convergence of all emerging medtech including digital health. He holds a PhD in biology (University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris) […]

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Julie Chaney

Julie Chaney

PhD - Sr. Scientist at Siemens Healthineers

1 Article

Julie is a Senior Scientist for Siemens Healthineers in Assay Development.

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Mark Charny

Managing Director, Translucency Ltd.

1 Article

Mark has been Managing Director of Translucency Limited, a reimbursement consultancy based in the UK and with an associate network across Western Europe since 1999. Prior to that he was Director of the English National Centre for Clinical Audit, after three years as Senior Medical Office in the UK Department of Health responsible for clinical […]

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Fan Chung

Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Experimental Studies at National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London

1 Article

Kian Fan Chung is Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of Experimental Studies at National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.  He has a major interest in developing precision medicine and treatments as applied to asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease. Other research focus include […]

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Philippe Cleuziat

Senior Director, R&D Department Open Innovation & Partnerships at bioMerieux

1 Article

Philippe Cleuziat graduated as PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the Claude Bernard University of Lyon and holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry from the INSA Engineering School, France. He is currently Senior Director of Public-Private Partnerships in the Open Innovation & Partnerships Department of bioMérieux. He was formerly Research Program Director for new technologies, […]

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Edouard Colas

DreamUp Vision Chief Medical Officer

1 Article

Ophthalmologist at the 15-20 (“Quinze-Vingts”) French National Ophtalmic Center in Paris, France. Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology, he received the MD degree from Pierre et Marie Curie Paris University in 2013. He is specialized in medical and surgical retinal diseases, trains ophthalmology residents and has participated in several books and scientific papers. He […]

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