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Annabelle Bruyndonckx

Annabelle Bruyndonckx

Work Department

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Position

With over 25 years of experience in advising clients in the Healthcare & Life Sciences industries, Annabelle Bruyndonckx is recognised as one of the leading sector lawyers in Belgium.

Strongly focused on Medtech and the digitalisation of (consumer) healthcare, Annabelle assists international pharmaceutical and biotech companies and global medical device manufacturers, as well as food supplements and cosmetic businesses. As litigation specialist and regulatory expert, her practice at Simmons & Simmons LLP covers all parts of regulated products’ life cycle from R&D to marketing authorisation/CE marking, qualification issues, pricing and reimbursement, manufacture and distribution, public procurement, advertising, compliance, and product liability.

Annabelle heads the Regulatory Affairs Education Group & is a board member of Healixia, the Belgian community of professionals involved in the lifecycle of medicines, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics, and other health-related products. She is a regular speaker at international Healthcare and Life Sciences conferences.

Languages

English, French, Dutch

Memberships

Healixia Club des marchés publics European Food Law Association Simmons & Simmons is a pharma.be partner

Education

1997-1997: Universiteit Leiden

1994 - 1997: UCLouvain - Master's degree, Law

1992-1994: UCLouvain - Bachelor's degree, Law

1987-1992: Institut Saint-Louis

Mentions

Belgium

Dispute resolution

Belgium

EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech

Belgium

Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

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