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Scientific and Medical Committee

LNE/G-MED is supported by a Scientific and Medical Committee set up when G-MED was launched in the mid-1990s. It is consulted on:

• the general principles on which medico-technical assessment standards are based
• the methods for assessment of specific categories of medical devices according to French regulations and European Directives.

The Committee meets two or three times a year. It is responsible for approving the appointment of LNE/G-MED experts who are consulted during assessment of:

• clinical data on medical devices
• the performance of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

The Scientific and Medical Committee is made up of independent representatives of all parties concerned, in particular:

• doctors, surgeons, pharmacists and biologists:
  • Doctor Jean Feys - Ophthalmology
    Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Teaching Hospital
  • Professor Jean-Daniel Guieu - Neurophysiology
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Lille
  • Professor Jacques Ingrand - In vitro diagnosis
    Cochin Port-Royal Faculty of Medicine, Paris
  • Professor Vincent Jarlier - Bacteriology and Hygiene
    Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris
  • Professor Jean-René Lusson - Cardiology
    Saint-Jacques Teaching Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
  • o Professor Sylvain Terver - Orthopaedics
    Clermont-Ferrand Teaching Hospital
• hospital biomedical engineers representing the French Association of Biomedical Engineers (AFIB)
• representatives of France's trade organizations in the medical device sector SNITEM, APPAMED, SFRL.
• recognized experts in quality and safety of medical devices:
  • Professor Laurence Bordenave - Biomaterials
    University of Bordeaux
  • Michel Callanquin - Pharmacology
    Louis Mourier Hospital, Colombes
• a representative of the French Ministry of Industry