Patricia Gruffaz

With a dual qualification in biomaterials-biomechanics engineering (UTC Compiègne) and a master’s degree in management and business administration (EM Strasbourg), Patricia Gruffaz has over 25 years’ experience in the medical device (MD) industry, acquired through various responsibilities within Medtech companies (large groups, SMEs & start-ups). This gives her a pragmatic and efficient vision of all milestones from design and development to certification and market access of innovative DMs. Since 2021, she has headed MedUniq Center, a center of expertise and engineering dedicated to medical devices and brings her expertise and that of her team and qualified partners to support Medtech innovators throughout the development of their innovative medical devices, on both strategic and operational aspects, in order to de-risk projects upstream, make successive milestones more reliable and accelerate the time-to-market of innovative MD solutions.