Louren Louis, Regulatory Affairs Manager, EMA

Louren Louis

Regulatory Affairs Manager, EMA

Becton Dickinson and Company

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Pharmacist
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Regulatory Affairs Manager, EMA at Becton Dickinson and Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2021

• Formulate and implement EMA regulatory strategies and plans to ensure that Infusion Systems products (including infusion pumps, dedicated sets & software) are developed in accordance with global and national regulatory requirements.
• Analyze risk versus benefit in regulatory strategies to ensure successful review by different EMA regulatory authorities.
• Lead, support and collaborate discussions within cross-functional teams by communicating regulatory plans, requirements, and timelines.
• Empower and coach my team by setting clear direction, rational expectation and remove barriers.
• Enable and assign regulatory activities to my team ensuring compliance with regulations and standard operating procedures.
• Drive continual growth through comprehensive knowledge and operational expertise globally (Planning for RAC Device Exam this fall).
• Oversee creation and maintenance of agreements between importers and distributors.
• Validate all marketing materials/Ad Proms ensuring their compliance to the local regulations.

Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Becton Dickinson and Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2017 to December 2020

• Develop, maintain, and get the Medication Management Solutions platform regulatory planning executed.
• Maintain the current registrations (renewals and change management), geographic expansion and new product launches,
• Assess impact of new regulation or changes in regulations locally in the countries or in Europe.
• Coordinating the registration plan across the countries RA, BU RA and EMA business contacts.
• Streaming registrations of the products as needed as per prioritization list.
• Providing regulatory support and coordination for PMS of MMS platform in EMA.
• Conduct compliance review on technical documentation to assure compliance with EMA regulatory requirements and standards.
• Working closely with the local regulatory affairs counterparts to capture the existing and upcoming regulatory expectations and take appropriate actions.
• Anticipating regulatory impacts and emerging issues for the continued supply of the devices and support their resolutions as part of cross functional teams.
• Maintaining a list of current registration and communicate potential gaps.
• Addressing related inquiries initiated by MMS sales organizations, product managers or RA colleagues with accurate data for external use.

Regulatory Affairs Specialist Middle East and North Africa. at Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to October 2017

• Implement registration strategies to secure market authorisations and product launch in the Middle East region.
• Communicate countries’ jurisdictions and regulations and report changes to the business and stating clearly its anticipated business impact.
• Prepare regulatory dossiers for submission to Health Authorities across the region.
• Develop a relationship with relevant regulators to support positive compliance; co-ordinate queries and responses to domestic and foreign regulators.
• Maintain a dynamic database for regulations and registration requirements.
• Maintenance of existing product licenses.
• Monitor regulation changes to ensure continued compliance.
• Support audits performed by MOHAP representatives.
• Notify Health authorities with the corresponding Field Safety Corrective Actions; ensure compliance to the regulations

Pharmacist in charge at Al-Umnia Medical Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2010 to June 2013

• Co-ordinated with International RA, prepare and submit of the regulatory approval documents required for registration that comply with the conformity of the regulatory in UAE.
• Assessed the core dossier as per UAE requirements.
• Prepared and submitted variation, minor changes and renewals.
• Requested the non-technical and legalized documents as required (ISO, FDA, etc, …)
• Updated the registration list and status for all products and inform all departments for any changes.
• Ensured compliance with current regulatory standards for the importation, release, storage and distribution of the company’s products.
• Notified authorities for any product variations or update effecting products sold.
• Archived all regulatory documentation including submission and approvals.

Pharmacist in Charge at Ministry of Health (MoH)
  • Egypt
  • May 2007 to October 2009

Managing the store and all function related to the pharmacy.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Pharmacist
  • at Assuit University
  • July 2006

Pharmaceutical Science

Specialties & Skills

Regulatory Documentation
Registration
Medical Devices
MS Office
In Vitro Diagnostic IVD
Developer
Harmony
Connectivity and Consistency
Team Building Activities
management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

MECOMED
  • RA Committee
  • July 2013
RAPS
  • Member
  • January 2014

Training and Certifications

Effective Presentation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
RoganSi
Duration:
16 hours
EC Medical Device Vigilance System and PMS (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Forum– UK
Date Attended:
January 2016
Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
MOOC
Goal Setting (Training)
Training Institute:
Harvard Manage Mentor
Date Attended:
June 2015
Writing Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Harvard Manage Mentor
Date Attended:
April 2015
Communication Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Internal
Date Attended:
October 2014
Introduction to Medical Device Directives (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Forum - UK
Date Attended:
May 2014
Conversation Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Eton Institute - UAE
Date Attended:
June 2013
Business English (Training)
Training Institute:
British Council - UAE
Date Attended:
January 2015
Introduction to In Vitro Diagnostics Directives (Training)
Training Institute:
Management Forum - UK
Date Attended:
October 2013

Hobbies

  • Travelling, Reading, Cooking