Yarmela Pavlovic

As the VP of Global Regulatory Strategy & Policy at Medtronic, Yarmela Pavlovic helps to guide the development of efficient regulatory strategies for the company’s most innovative products, such as AI-enabled technology and connected devices. Additionally, Yarmela helps to guide Medtronic’s external global regulatory policy development work.

Before joining Medtronic, Yarmela was a regulatory consultant, focused primarily on FDA premarket regulatory strategies. Yarmela has extensive experience in product development and product marketing authorization submissions, as well as a variety of other device-related regulatory issues.

Yarmela has particular experience in the area of regulation of digital and AI-enabled technology, as well as medical software and applications. Yarmela has authored numerous articles and been an invited speaker on topics ranging from digital health regulatory strategies to machine learning policy development, among others.