Day Four – 19 June 2025 - CEST Time Zone
- Sarah Belperain - Toxicologist, Teleflex
Identifying the intersection of toxicology and biocompatibility
When does 1 feed into the other?
Best practices for identifying the needs of your device
When does a device need a toxicological risk assessment?
Are there any exceptions?
- Flora Wegener - Lead Scientific Expert Toxicology, Merz Aesthetics
Toxicological risk assessment of chemical constituents of medical devices: application of ISO 10993-17
Hazard identification and implementation of toxicological screening limit
Biological risk estimation within the risk management framework
- Alina Martirosyan, PhD, ERT, DABT - Senior Scientific Manager Toxicology, B Braun
- What is cytotoxicity testing?
- Cytotoxicity testing – why does it fail so often?
- Points to consider when Cytotoxicity testing fails
- Case studies
- Philippe Hasgall - Staff Scientist, Zimmer Biomet
- Working with challenging devices (case examples)
- Handling failing testing
- The importance of feasibility studies
- Malene Nielsen - Biocompatibility Specialist II, T&I, Convatec
- Sarah Belperain - Toxicologist, Teleflex
Please contact: Kristen Schott – kristen.schott@informa.com if you are interested in participating as a speaker, panellist, moderator or hosting a webinar
With the rise in AI, how are companies applying this to ease biocompatibility workload and analysis?
Can generative-AI be used in documentation completion and submission?
Are notified bodies and regulators accepting of AI use?
How is this being regulated?
Can we expect further guidance on using AI for biocompatibility?
- Matthew Jorgensen - Toxicologist, Global Biocompatibility, Teleflex
- Fabian Kriegel - Head of Material Development & Biocompatibility, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
Biocompatibility beyond check boxes:
How to source and analyze post-market data for Biological Evaluations
Steps to integrate this data and the role of Risk Management
Discussing real-world examples to demonstrate the process
- Marina Daineko - Biocompatibility Consultant, Intrinsic Medical Group, LLC
Following on from yesterday’s morning session, our experts take the time to answer your most asked questions, comments and concerns, as well as answer any left over burning questions!
- Thor Rollins - Director, Toxicology and E&L Consulting, Nelson Laboratories