| AMMI held its Q3 Progress Meeting at Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur on 8 Septemer 2016. Over 30 members attended the meeting. The main highlights of the day were a Dialogue Session with Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by Puan Mirza Ridiana binti Che Din (Deputy Undersecretary, Procurement Division) and Dr Yang Rashidi (Senior Principal Assistant Director, Medical Development Division). Also present were Ahmad Sharif bin Hambali (Director, Premarket Activities, Classification, CAB Registration, Medical Device Authority) and Ms Sasikala Devi Thangavelu (Director, International Affairs, Policy, Guidance Document) from Medical Device Authority, Ms Santha Devi Subramaniam (Senior Deputy Director, Life Sciences & Medical Technology Division) from Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Ms Thavamani A/P Krishnan (Sectorial Policy) from Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) |
| This was followed by a briefing by Puan Noor Azita binti Mamat (Senior Manager, Special Project Division) of
Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) |
| After the meeting, members and guests proceeded to Smokehouse Lounge for the CEO Networking. They were joined by invited VIP guests. Seen below (f
rom left to right) are Datuk Phang Ah Tong (Deputy CEO, MIDA), Datuk Zainal Amanshah (CEO, Invest KL), Datuk N. Rajendran (Deputy CEO, MIDA) and N. Sangaran (Executive Director, MIDA) with Mr Hitendra Joshi (AMMI Chairman) |
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AMMI Meeting and Dialogue Session |
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CEO Networking at Smokehouse Lounge |
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A round of applause and appreciation to Ms Ong Yean Ting … |
| The networking cocktail also served as a farewell cocktail for Ms Ong Yean Ting , who recently stepped down from the AMMI Board. Mr Hitendra Joshi presented Ms Ong with a token of appreciation for her contributions to AMMI as Director as well as Leader of the Regulatory and Technical Committee, wishing her well in her future undertakings. . |
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20-21 July 2016 : Transition to ISO13485 : 2016 QMS
| AMMI-Medsociate organised its industry expert series training on Transition to ISO13485 : 2016 Quality Management System on 21-22 July at E&O Hotel Penang. Over 40 participants attended the course.
This course introduced the concepts needed to understand, develop/upgrade, and deploy a quality management system as outlined in the medical devices quality management standard ISO 13485:2016; as well as discussed the aspects of ISO 14971, which contains key principles and guidance for risk management. |
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10 March 2016: AMMI Q1 Meeting and Networking
| AMMI held its Q1 Meeting and Networking at Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur recently. Around 50 members and invited guests attended the event. Highlights of the programme include presentations by
Ms Rhenu Bhuller (Foster and Sullivan) on the 2016 Healthcare Industry Outlook and Encik Ahmad Khairuddin (Executive Director of MIDA) on the 2015 Investment Performance in Medical Device Sector. AMMI Chairman Mr Hitendra Joshi gave a presentation on AMMI’s 2020 Strategic Roadmap. He later presented a copy of the 2015 AMMI Annual Report to MIDA Executive Director Mr Ahmad Khairuddin to signify the release of the report. After the meeting, members and guests adjourned to Smokehouse Lounge for an evening of networking. |
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2015 AMMI Q3 Meeting and Networking
| AMMI held its Q3 Progress Meeting recently at Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya. After the meeting, there was exclusive briefing session and dialogue on “The Government’s Financing Support Programmes through MIDF” by Mr Johnson Rudd, Head of Sales & Credit Processing, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd (MIDF). This was followed by a presentation on “GST – Manufacturing” by Encik Mohd Sabri Bin Saad, Senior Assistant Director I of Customs Malaysia (GST Division).Guests later adjourned to Uncle Chilli’s for networking and cocktails. |
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