Alan Taylor has a distinguished career in medical product development and marketing, working with many of the major names in medical devices. He has notable expertise in CE Marking activities, microbiology and sterilisation, wound management, orthodontics, implantable devices and FDA audit requirements. He can advise on all aspects of medical device development and in particular, new product development strategy and planning, marketing and market research, clinical trial strategy and quality control. Alan has also spent the last 12 years as a contract lead auditor and expert for a global medical devices registration body.

Alan said, “Every consultant who has expertise in a particular field welcomes the opportunity to bring that expertise into play as part of a team like PDS, which has wide and proven expertise across a range of pharmaceutical industry specialisms. I am looking forward to helping PDS bring this new area of medical device expertise to their client base.”

Dr Brian Matthews brings considerable experience in medical device as well as pharmaceutical regulation, having worked in the British Pharmacopoeia Commission, the UK Medical Control Agency and recently as senior director, EC Registration at Alcon Laboratories (UK) Ltd, for whom he was authorised representative for medical devices. In addition to medical devices he has experience of pharmaceutical application procedures (including MRP, DCP and CP).

Brian has also acted as an expert witness in arbitrations. He has been a member of numerous British, European and International Standards committees and is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and of TOPRA. He has been a member of the editorial board of a number of distinguished journals and has edited and contributed to several books over a range of pharmaceutical topics. Dr Matthews has also lectured on pharmaceutical and regulatory topics across Europe, the US and Australia. Brian says “It is a pleasure to be associated with PDS and I look forward to making contributions to the continuing success of the group.”

Michael Gamlen, managing director of PDS said, “Brian and Alan each bring different skills and experience to PDS and even a glance at their CVs shows that in having them as part of the PDS team we have gained world class expertise that enables us to ensure that our consultancy and training services in medical devices will be as authoritative as the rest of our portfolio of skills in pharmaceutical development.”