Medicoindustrien Announces Strategic Partnership with WMDO to Provide Online MedTech Industry Training

NIVA, Denmark and ECUBLENS, Switzerland, January 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Medicoindustrien to Compliment its Live Training Program with WMDO's Online Courses Designed Specifically for Medical Device Professionals

Medicoindustrien and WMDO (World Medical Device Organization), the leading global provider of innovative online training for medical device professionals, announced today a strategic partnership that offers Danish medical device professionals access to WMDO's extensive catalogue of professional online training through Medicoindustrien. This collaboration brings WMDO's global expertise in online device training to Medicoindustrien and compliments Medicoindustrien's world-class live educational programming to further build industry knowledge and expertise on medical device issues with a global perspective.

"We are excited to be the first European partner with WMDO which provides the Danish MedTech market an even greater variety of professional training choices for courses that are relevant, up-to-date, and cost-effective," said Jens Kristian Gøtrik, Director General of Medicoindustrien. He added, "WMDO's world-class curriculum of device-specific training is an important and fully interactive online educational resource to Danish Medical Device Professionals."

Under the agreement, medical device professionals will receive free access to their personalized virtual course room where members may access the entire catalogue of online training with significantly reduced rates and personalized support from the course authors. Course offerings include clinical/pre-clinical, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, sales & marketing, and health technology,

Richard Nehm, Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing for WMDO said, "We are proud to join Medicoindustrien, a pioneer in the advancement of the life science industry, to offer innovative and effective eLearning as a complement to their outstanding live educational programs." Nehm added, "WMDO courses span the entire medical device product development cycle and provides medical device professionals with online access to high-quality learning resources that are timely, relevant and engaging."

About Medicoindustrien

Medicoindustrien is the industry association for companies in Denmark which develop, manufacture, sell or otherwise take an interest in medical devices. The association represents more than 110 MedTech companies with a main objective to promote the member's commercial and political interests.

Medicoindustrien meets the needs of the medical device industry in respect of networking and experience sharing, industry lobbying, and advice and counseling on procurement, competition law and ethical guidelines. Medicoindustrien also offers the industry's leading training program with industry specific courses, seminars and the Medical Device Sales Consultant Program. http://www.medicoindustrien.dk

About WMDO

WMDO (World Medical Device Organization) is a global organization that provides medical device professionals from around the world with the latest and most effective online medical device training available, drawn from the extensive knowledge and unrivaled experience of the medical device industry's leading experts and authorities.

From pre-clinical through post-market requirements and across all levels, WMDO's unique and innovative multimedia training courses are specifically developed to offer medical device professionals the convenience, flexibility and cost effectiveness of state of the art online content delivery with the most up to date knowledge spanning the entire medical device product cycle. http://www.wmdo.org

    
    Morten Rasmussen, Medicoindustrien
    Tel.: +45-4918-4704, mr@medicoindustrien.dk

    Richard Nehm, WMDO
    Tel.: +41-21349-96-36
    Tel.: +1-612-868-9381, rnehm@wmdo.org