September 25, 2019
Presented by George Yanulis, D.Eng., EAS Independent Consultant
FDA’s shift to a Quality System Regulation structure of ISO 13485:2016 is an effort to harmonize medical device regulations as well as reduce compliance and
While ISO 13485 is an international standard, its focus on design and development planning and controls, based on risks and outputs differs in many respects to the GMPs under which medical device firms selling products in the U.S. have been operating. Making the shift to ISO standards requires a shift in thinking, planning
Learn more about the ISO standards and how they might benefit your business. Join George Yanulis, D.Eng., on September 25,
About the Presenter
Dr. George Yanulis has consulted in Medical Device Product Development and Research for 20 years and has a Doctorate and Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He has conducted cardiovascular device research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation on cardiac pacing paradigms used in heart failure patients. In addition, Dr. Yanulis has been involved in the R&D Medical Device Consulting & Litigation Support as an Expert Witness for over 10 years and has been involved in numerous medical device liability and patent infringement cases. He provides expertise to attorneys, medical device companies, health care systems and insurance carriers related to FDA medical device controls, PMAs, post-market surveillance issues, medical device/product failures, and IP medical device issues. In addition, he has reviewed MDR(s) and other adverse events related to implant device failure. Dr. Yanulis is highly motivated in maintaining and providing the highest level of quality in the design, development and safe and effective use of all types of cardiac device implants.
Dr. Couch is a Ph.D. Analytical / Organic Chemist with over 25 years of diverse laboratory and regulatory experience in academic, field, contract, and manufacturing environments. She possesses exceptional analytical abilities as demonstrated also by her B.S. in Mathematics. She has served as the Study Director on numerous EPA and clinical studies as well as directed the Quality Control department at a pharmaceutical and dietary supplement manufacturing facility. The latter entailed directing all aspects of the quality control analytical and microbiological laboratories including management of the company Stability Program and Quarantine Area operations. Dr. Couch also provided scientific expertise and technical support for new product development, product reformulations, and on-going production challenges. She served as the scientific head of a Strength and Purity Verification Testing Program committee, which provided full label claim testing on dietary supplements to meet all Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) regulations and expectations of the FDA. Her talents were also utilized to evaluate and set raw material and finished product specifications and prepare product summaries (white papers) for dietary supplement products.
Mr. Fish joined EAS Consulting Group, LLC in November 2006 after ten years consulting for FDA regulated industries. He spent 33 years with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the last 6 years of that service as Director, Division of Field Investigations (DFI). He was responsible for general policy and guidance for the Agency’s domestic and international investigation activities. He also managed the foreign inspections’ operations. Prior to that position, Mr. Fish was Director of Compliance at the Nashville District Office and was also a Supervisory Investigator at the Nashville District Office. Mr. Fish began his career as an investigator in the Minneapolis District Office in 1962 and subsequently served as an Investigator at the Grand Rapids Residence Post and the Detroit District Office. Mr. Fish is experienced in all aspects of FDA regulated products. He has expertise in compliance matters and Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations (GMPs) as they relate to pharmaceutical, device, and biologics manufacture. Further, Mr. Fish is ISO 9000 Lead Assessor Trained and is an AFDO Certified HACCP Instructor. He is a sought-after expert, speaking at international events on FDA inspections and GMPs.
EAS Independent Consultant, Bruce Elsner, has over 28 years of experience working in FDA regulated fortune 250 companies manufacturing and packaging drug, medical device, and cosmetic products. His responsibilities have included laboratory management, process control and improvement, pilot plant management, plant quality assurance management and quality systems improvement across multiple manufacturing and research facilities. He has been consulting for OTC drug and dietary supplement companies for more than 22 years in the areas cGMP compliance auditing and quality systems improvement. His experience also includes training drug and dietary supplement industry personnel in cGMP requirements, assisting in improving their levels of compliance with those regulations and helping them respond to complex issues arising from FDA inspection observations, warning letters and consent decrees.