Speakers Introduction

Matthias Neumann studied Physics and made his PhD on Biophysics and Health Physics at University-Hospital Charité of the Humboldt-University Berlin.

He joined the German Federal Ministry of Health in 2002 and his/hers career in the Division for Medical Devices spans over 25 years.

He was previously about 5 years with the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices. There he was responsible for the risk assessment of all kinds of Active Medical Devices including Active Implantable Medical Devices.

In his/her current position he has to contribute to the national, European and international regulation of Medical Devices. He is and was involved in international and European initiatives in particular on software, UDI, new technologies, standardisation etc.

He is member of the IMDRF Management Committee and several IMDRF Working groups. At European level he contributed to several Guidance projects published by the MDCG Medical Devices Coordination Group on e.g. UDI, software, cybersecurity etc.