Emergo Group Inc. Opens Office in Mexico, Helps Medical Device Companies Gain Access to Market of 110,000,000 People

April 8, 2009 – Austin, Tex.-based Medical device consulting firm Emergo Group Inc. recently opened an office in Mexico to meet increasing demand from clients to offer regulatory approval and in-country representation services for this growing market. Mexico is the second largest medical device market in Latin America, second only to Brazil.

Emergo Group CEO Rene van de Zande notes, “Last fall we surveyed our 1,000 medical device clients and asked them which markets they wanted to enter in 2009. About 40% said they were interested in expanding into Mexico but needed our help to make that happen because the regulatory process can be challenging. We’re responding to that need.”

Emergo helps companies coordinate, submit and maintain Mexico medical device registrations with COFEPRIS, the agency within the Secretaria de Salud (Mexican Ministry of Health) that oversees medical devices in Mexico.

In-country Registration Holder service offers additional flexibility to medical device companies

The firm also provides Mexican Registration Holder representation, which allows the manufacturer to maintain control over their medical device registration(s) with COFEPRIS instead of having a local distributor fulfill this role. As a result, the manufacturer can add or change distributors in Mexico at any time.

In addition to registration consulting, Emergo Mexico helps medical device companies find, evaluate, select and manage distributors in Mexico.

About Emergo Group|
Emergo Group, Inc. is an ISO-registered consulting firm that specializes in assisting medical device and IVD companies with international regulatory approvals, quality assurance and distribution consulting. ­The company has more than 1,000 medical device and IVD clients in 40 countries worldwide and maintains offices in the USA, Europe, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Emergo Group was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Contact: Chris Schorre, Vice President of Global Marketing
US Telephone: +1.512.327.9997
Email: cs [at] emergogroup [dot] com
Website: www.EmergoGroup.com