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The pandemic, new technologies and POPIA; the market landscape has changed and altered the way in which businesses operate. Digital communications and POPIA have altered the medtech market landscape.
Join us as we unpack digital sales and marketing and how to bridge the gap with Warren Hickenbotham from Blankpage Media and answer your questions on implementing and adhering to the protection of personal information Act with Pat Matseke from Elsabe Klinck and Associates.
Members-only event
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B-BBEE fronting in procurement, what it is and how to ensure compliance. The B-BBEE Commission unpacks this practice and the role of consultants to industry.
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Earn 2 Ethics CPD points
In this session learn more about:
- The requirements and processes for getting CPD accreditation on articles, events and training from MPC Director, Mieder Erasmus
- Managing requests from HCPs to participate in clinical activities that fall outside of the scope of company representatives, including potential risk and risk mitigation from Vitor Ferrão, Orthopaedic Supplier Committee Vice-chair
- Developments with SAMED's Section 18A & 18B exemption request on behalf of industry
Special Guest: Mr Andries Sekgetho, Business Executive at the Auditor General’s Office will provide an overview of their special reports on PPE procurement in the Health sector
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SAMED Market Access Forum
In this forum, we take a look at the importance and use of data within medtech market access particularly in reimbursement and procure.
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Date: Thursday, 24 July 2025 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Format: Microsoft Teams Understanding how hospital procurement processes work is critical for medical technology companies seeking to engage meaningfully and sustainably with the private healthcare sector. For many SAMED members, navigating tender requirements, compliance protocols, and supplier expectations across different hospital groups remains a complex and evolving process. -
Digital marketing, communications and HCP interactions that have come to the fore in the pandemic landscape.Members-only event
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In this session, we take a look at good ethics: what it is and why it is important with our Special Guest speaker Paul O'Sullivan, Certified Fraud Examiner, Paul O'Sullivan and Associates; the Whistle-Blowing Hotline: Cases, progress and outcomes with our Ethics Chair Michael Judin, Judin Combrink; how to access and interpret Code Compliance Reports from the MPC platform; compliance Officer declaration & re-certification by the end March 2022 deadline; what the latest developments are on the 18A&B exemptions and recognition of the Code; and, some recent Code Advisory Opinions and what you can learn from them
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Long payment timelines are a significant issue that poses a threat to the survival of many companies. SAMED tracks the extent of this problem through the Public Sector Submission Portal and urges members to submit amounts to our portal in order for us to ascertain the extent of delayed payments and to present a unified industry response in an attempt to improve payment timeframes.
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Codes of ethical conduct are not limited to the SA medtech industry. There are several international codes that may be linked to further requirements such as conference vetting systems (CVS). Understanding international codes is paramount to navigating the jurisdictions that they cover as well as for those with principal companies who are signatories to these codes and have requirements beyond the Medical Device Code of Ethical Marketing and Business Practice.
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There has been a flurry of activity around the draft preferential procurement regulations. Join us as we share:
- The background to the amended draft preferential procurement regulations
- The Constitutional Court ruling on these regulations
- SAMED's proposed submission on the draft preferential procurement regulations
- The impact for public procurement going forward
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There has been a flurry of activity around the draft preferential procurement regulations. Join us as we share:
- The background to the amended draft preferential procurement regulations
- The Constitutional Court ruling on these regulations
- SAMED's proposed submission on the draft preferential procurement regulations
- The impact for public procurement going forward
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Dr Alicia McMaster, Associate Director at PWC Healthcare Consulting will delve into reinventing the future as the pandemic edits the DNA of the health system.
Join legal experts as we consider the obligations of mandatory vaccine policies framed within the context of the medtech sector.
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Join us for a preview of the presentation that SAMED will make at the upcoming Parliamentary NHI public hearing session. We are striving to inform NHI and linked legislation, including the Public Procurement Bill, and to ensure that the lessons from the pandemic in relation to medtech are part of the discourse and government policy.
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By the end of March 2022, SAMED members need to meet certain obligations with regards to the Medical Device Code of Ethical Marketing and Business Practice (the Code). Compliance officers will be required to train customer-facing employees on the Code and ensure that they pass the online certification test before signing the annual declaration.
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2021/2022: Feedback and forecast Join us as we look back at 2021, our activities and achievements, and the SAMED 2022 vision for a sustainable, ethical and transformed medical technology industry. Mandatory Vaccines: To implement or not? Many health sector organisations have implemented mandatory vaccine policies. Find out why, how, the ethical and legal considerations and what medtech companies should consider before implementing policies of their own.
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Closing date for registration: 8 October 2021Members and non-members welcome
CPD Accredited with 3 Ethics and 9 Clinical CPD Points
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Calling all medtech executives - be a part of our influential network of business leaders and level up your competitive edge with a BBBEE boost. Join us for our first SAMED CEO Forum as we set the tone and objectives for 2022 and unpack ways to improve sustainability, support industry growth and unlock our sector's transformation potential. You will also hear about the benefits of the Youth Employment Services (YES) programme and how the CSIR have benefited from participation.
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Join us for this workshop with industry-leading experts to learn more on how you can use real-world evidence to better demonstrate the value of your medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics.
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The Council for Medical Scheme's reports can be a valuable tool for engaging medical providers and funders on medtech Market Access matters. In this forum, Elsabe Klinck will share how to lift important information from the reports and use it to substantiate discussions with providers and funders.
Members-only event
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Join us for an overview and interactive discussion on SAMED's submission on the draft Medical Device Regulations. Provide your inputs into the SAMED submission and gain insights for your own submission ahead of the July comment deadline.
Members-only event
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Join us for a review of the medtech regulations in Africa. Learn the latest developments in these evolving regulatory frameworks and gain insights into the requirements to trade medical technologies into Africa. Countries to be covered include:
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Botswana
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While an extension has been issued on the ISO13485 requirements for licencing, the 3 year period should be used constructively to ensure compliance by the deadline. Understanding the requirements of ISO 13485 is often seen as daunting and many don't know where to start. At our next Regulatory Forum, Shiroma Bennimahadeo from Lloyd's Register will assist in understanding ISO13485.
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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has published the amended Draft Medical Device Regulation, Join us as we unpack the challenges, concerns and comments. Come give your views and comments on the impact of these amendments on the medtech sector. Non-members welcome.
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In this next forum, we take a look at the Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations in Africa and Europe and how this affects the provision of medical technologies in these areas.
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CSIR Medtech Regulatory support services and programmes with CSIR Team, led by Jeremy Wallis
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African Medical Device Regulations - an update with Lizel Dreyer-Fouche, RA Manager: Africa & Middle East, Abbott Molecular
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Overview of the European MDR and IVDR with Andre ten Napel, Regulatory Consultant, TNMC Medical Devices
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While South Africa faces its own medical device regulatory changes, we cannot lose sight of the changes happening abroad. This forum will look at the regulatory developments from across Africa as well as key considerations of the Post-Brexit medical device regulatory landscape for those trading with the UK. Non-members welcome.
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The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has certain oversight functions within the medical technology space. The NRCS has requirements on cables, batteries and plugs on medical devices and equipment and, as highlighted by the pandemic, requirements on masks and disinfectants.
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In this next forum, we take a look at MedTech Europe's submission on the South African draft Medical Device Regulations and the accreditation requirements for ISO13485.
- MedTech Europe submission on the SA draft Medical Device Regulations – Diana Kanecka, Senior Manager International Affairs, Medtech Europe
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Accreditation requirements for the standard ISO13485 - Mookho Morienyane, Assessment Specialist, SANAS
