Richard Pavkov

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Novartis
Senior Engineer and Technical Project Leader
Richard Pavkov holds a BS and MS in manufacturing engineering from Ohio State University. He is currently a Senior Engineer and Technical Project Leader at Novartis. He has been working in the inhalation device development area since 2003 and has led various device development projects, including pressurized metered dose inhalers, passive and active dry powdered inhalers, and connected inhalers/sensors.

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Software as a medical device (SaMD) is software intended to be used for one or more medical purposes without being part of a medical device.International Medical Device Regulators Forum. “Software as a Medical Device (SaMD): Key Definitions.” 9 December 2013.