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Ep 08: Understanding the interface between clinical evaluation and risk management
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Ep 08: Understanding the interface between clinical evaluation and risk management

Insights from a Let's Talk Risk! conversation with Alexej Agibalow

The medical device regulation in the European Union (EU-MDR) outlines many new requirements for conducting clinical investigations and clinical evaluation throughout the device lifecycle.

The challenge is that the term “clinical risk” is not clearly defined in the EU-MDR. This has created a lot of confusion in the medical device industry about the scope of clinical risks that need to addressed through a clinical evaluation and appropriately integrated with the risk management system.

In this episode, Alexej Agibalow explains how the clinical evaluation process and risk management are interconnected, and recommends a cross-functional, collaborative approach to fully understand various interfaces and synchronize activities between these processes.

About Alexej Agibalow

Alexej Agibalow is a risk management expert at Escentia GmbH and manager of risk and regulatory affairs at Drager.

About Let’s Talk Risk with Dr. Naveen Agarwal

Let’s Talk Risk with Dr. Naveen Agarwal is a weekly live audio event on LinkedIn, where we talk about risk management related topics in a casual, informal way. Join us at 11:00 am EST every Friday on LinkedIn.

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Let's Talk Risk! with Dr. Naveen Agarwal
Every Friday, Dr. Naveen Agarwal leads a Let's Talk Risk! conversation with industry colleagues to discuss practical challenges and share best practices in risk management. In the highly regulated world of medical devices, most practitioners struggle with the "how" of risk management. Regulatory requirements are complex, confusing and ever changing. Establishing an effective risk management process that satisfies the scrutiny of regulators and auditors without creating barriers to innovation is a significant challenge in the industry. Dr. Agarwal believes that no single "expert" has all the answers, and it is only when we connect, share and learn from each other that we all become better. Let us keep learning together!