3rd Medical Device Procurement Conference
(2 Ethical & 2 Clinical)
This concise one-day educational programme serves as the premier platform for engagement between all senior stakeholders engaged in healthcare procurement across the African region.
Focusing on the theme, Influence of supply chain and regulatory practices in medical device procurement’, the speakers will delve into the potential opportunities and challenges of the supply chain in South Africa’s healthcare procurement landscape. Government representatives and the private sector will have an opportunity to dissect this hot topic and offer solutions for the challenges that lie ahead.
Theme: The influence of Supply chain and regulatory practices in medical device procurement
Scientific committee
Conference chair:
Lindsay Curran
Managing Directory
Viva Medical
Cape Town, South Africa
Simone Rudolph Shortt
Consultant Pharmacist, Technical and Regulatory Consultant
Rudolph-Shortt Consultancy
Durban, South Africa
Planning committee:
Anita Hamilton, General Manager Procurement Services, Netcare,
Annelia Bezuidenhout, Procurement General Manager, Mediclinic Southern Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Clinton Shahim, Director, NuAngle Group, Johannesburg, South aFRICA
Dr Dimakatso Mathibe, Snr Manager- Medical Device Unit, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), Pretoria, South Africa
Ishan Maharaj, Associate Director, Dynamed Pharmaceuticals, Durban, South Africa
Jeannine van Straaten, Executive: Strategy, Stakeholder Relations & Legal, Proudly South African, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jabu Tshabalala, Managing Director, Pharmaways Health Care, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jerry Chen, Managing Director, MPA Medical Plant Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Kgomotso Lekola, Founder and Group Managing Director, BT Industrial, Johannesburg, South Africa
Peter Brierley, Operations Director, Akacia Medical Group, Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Sadhvir Bissoon, Executive - Standards Division, South African Bureau of Standards, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tumelo Ledimo, Project Manager: Research & Development, South African National Accreditation System (SANAS), Pretoria, South Africa
Key topics:
- Local manufacturers insight into procurement challenges and opportunities
- Regulatory practices enabling confidence in procuring medical devices
- Hospital groups provision for procurement of local African manufactured products
Benefits of attending:
- Discuss regulatory practices enabling confidence in procuring medical devices
- Evaluate plans for conformity assessment accreditions
- Assess the usage of the 'Proudly South African' IP on product packaging for locally produced and exported products
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Online: 25-29 October 2021
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