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Ira Sharma Sankhayan joins Yallow as Chief Compliance Officer after a position as Head Of Quality/ Regulatory at Otivio AS. Ira will be heading the QA/RA team at Yallow and be responsible of further development of our offerings in the field of quality, regulatory, technical documentation, and compliance. She will immediately get going both with customer projects, internal compliance and most importantly developing and growing an expertise team of QA/RA at Yallow.

“Knowing the pain and the challenges within the industry encouraged me to pursue my career with Yallow to help other companies in realizing the product to market within the context of compliance“

Ira holds a master in microelectronics from the university in Oslo and after 5 years at Norautron she joined GE Healthcare in Horten where she worked for 7 years gaining valuable experience within medical device and the QA/RA business. After her latest position for the last 3 years as Head of QA/RA at Otivio she is now ready to join Yallow as Chief Compliance Officer.

“The recruitment and onboarding of Ira marks milestone in our history and I am pleased, humble, and very excited about welcoming Ira. She brings tons of experience, commitment and passion which of course means a lot for us and for our customers. Brick by brick we are building a high performing team of experts, a great place to work and a trusted partner for our customers“

– Petter, CEO

Ira will also join the management team at Yallow where she will be a great contribution with her experience, knowledge and fearless yet humble attitude.

“Joining Yallow gives me the opportunity to share knowledge and experience that I have gathered within the medical device sector. Knowing the pain and the challenges within the industry encouraged me to pursue my career with Yallow to help other companies in realizing the product to market within the context of compliance.

My presence in Yallow will be to help and navigate our customers in ensuring effective and practical creation, implementation, and maintenance of the QMS, Technical documentation and regulatory affairs compliance activities. The goals for me are to help and grow with the customer with compliance, courses, and training of different ISO standards through competent Quality and regulatory team in Yallow.”

– Ira

Cardiovascular related diseases are the leading cause of hospitalization and death worldwide, and there is an increase of patients with complex cases where open heart surgeries are required. Norwegian medtech company Cardiaccs wants to cover the urgent unmet need for better cardiac monitoring to reduce morbidity and mortality in this patient group.

“The people at Yallow are highly skilled, responsive, and easy to work with”

Yallow Life Science are happy to be part of the brilliant research and development team at Cardiaccs by assist them in engineering, software and electronic development of new innovating research tools for the Cardiaccs system.

“Working with Cardiaccs is really an exciting experience. It is very fascinating what they have achieved and what their future looks like! We have a close collaboration with the team at Cardiaccs to make sure that all needs are met and that we are developing the correct product in a particular demanding market”

 – Maria Christoffersen, developer at Yallow.  

“The people at Yallow are highly skilled, responsive, and easy to work with! In a short time, they managed to get a very good understanding of our products and development needs, and we are therefore confident in the quality of their deliverables. With the help of Yallow, we will shorten our time to market considerably for this product line” 

 – Magnus Reinsfelt Krogh, CTO at Cardiaccs.

Yallow Life Science and Observe Medical ASA enters into an agreement for collaboration. Observe Medical is a listed medtech company currently most recognized for development and distribution of the Sippi automated digital urine system.

“We are excited to enter the enhanced collaboration with Yallow and Norway Health Tech. We will be able to access the competence of the Yallow team, and the strong innovation resources centered within Norway Health Tech”

– Björn Larsson, CEO Observe Medical.

“We are of course proud and honoured to enter into such an agreement and see great potential in the collaboration with Observe Medical, especially now when moving close to the Norway Health Tech office. We are looking forward to making a difference both for Observe Medical and for the life science sector in Norway”

– Petter Arlehed, CEO Yallow.

“We are excited to enter the enhanced collaboration with Yallow and Norway Health Tech. We will be able to access the competence of the Yallow team, and the strong innovation resources centered within Norway Health Tech. Both of them are situated at Oslo Life Science Park, close to The University of Oslo, the university hospitals and research institutes along with bustling start-up hubs like Aleap, Start-up Lab and The Life Science Cluster.”

– Björn Larsson, CEO Observe Medical.

Full press release:

https://news.cision.com/observe-medical-asa/r/observe-medical-asa—strengthened-presence-in-norway-through-collaborations-with-yallow-life-scienc,c3279215

Already in 2020 Trondheim based Assitech AS and Yallow entered into an consultancy agreement for services covering product development and engineering of their product AssiStep. Yallow assists AssiTech on both software and product development. We are very happy that we now extended the agreement and will continue to work together also in 2021.

“With support and expertise from Yallow we have been able to speed up our development projects and they will be a great help towards production/commercialization of the projects”

– Ingrid, CTO and Co-founder AssiTech.

AssiTech AS has developed AssiStep which is a product targeting all people who because of different reasons have difficulties walking the stairs in their own homes. The product is a user friendly, safe and reliable helping aid for all ages spanning from 4 to +95 years old. Visit assistep.no and read more about the product.

Eirik Dyrset, Head of Development at Yallow comments: “We are happy to be working with such a great impact on peoples lives. Being able to contribute to help people in their own homes feels meaningful. We are thrilled to support the project with expertise within software development, engineering, DFM and production.”

As of 1st of February 2021 Yallow will be at Oslo Science Park. Oslo Science Park is the epicenter for innovation within Life Science and since we started Yallow it has been a strategic plan to re-locate to the Science Park. This will also physically position Yallow in the heart of the Norway’s first innovation district – Oslo Science City.

“This is really a natural place for Yallow to continue grow and develop together with our customers. We really look forward to be part of this bustling environment”

– says Petter / CEO at Yallow

Our new offices brings us close to The University of Oslo, the university hospitals and research institutes along with bustling start-up hubs like Aleap, Start-up Lab and the health networks Norway Health Tech and The Life Science Cluster.

“Being located at the science park really brings a lot of value. Being close to where the innovation and development in our field of expertise is of course great! It also enable us to widen our offering and capacity for our customers with great access to clinical test beds at ShareLab and prototype development at HardwareLab”

– says Head of Development Eirik Dyrset. 

What a great start of this year. Another superstar joins the team and strengthen the product development team and capacity at Yallow. A team player who bring tons of energy, experience, motivation and good vibes to the office. 

“Happy to be onboard and can’t wait to get started”

“Thomas does not only bring the right commitment and energy to the team but also valuable experience from the medical device industry”

– says Petter / CEO at Yallow

Thomas holds a MSc in Industrial Design from NTNU and joins Yallow after several years at Eker Design and recently Bartec Pixavi. Thomas will dig into exiting medical, health and sportstech projects at Yallow. But first things first, the Yallow onboarding week!

“I am very excited to join the Yallow team which has been outmost welcoming – making it a true pleasure to arrive at my first week. Happy to be onboard and can’t wait to get started”

– Thomas

We are happy to announce that we have a signed a partnership with Zen Products Triathlon. Zen Products Triathlon is a professional triathlon team from Norway. Currently the team consists the two pro-triathletes Kristian Grue and Jørgen Gundersen. The team have ambitious goals for 2021 and we are happy assist them achieving their goals.

“As a pro triathlete I always search for improvements in all levels”

“As a pro triathlete I always search for improvements in all levels. I put down the work in training every day, but find it really important and fun, to work on the small details in aerodynamic and other aspects, that will make me go faster on raceday. Therefore it’s really cool to work with such professional and innovative people as Eirik and Petter at Yallow, to improve the comfort and aerodynamic in my bikeposition”

– Kristian Grue

The partnership between Yallow and Zen Products Triathlon covers engineering and product development on components to their bikes, making them lighter, faster and more aeroadynamic. First off we are going to design and produce custom arm cups to help them sit more comfortably and aerodynamically while in aero position.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. Four out of five CVD deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes according to WHO. 

Asamedic has patented a solution ment to save lifes. The idea from Asamedic is based on research showing a dramatically increased chance of survival if the substance acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is immediately ingested in the case of a sudden heart attack.

The product from Asamedic is a combined medical-/pharma device with a dual chamber solution containing a liquid and the ASA powder which the user will activate and mix before ingesting it.

Yallow Life Science are proud to have signed an agreement with Asamedic for further development of the device and assist Asamedic when the company entering new stages in the development and towards commercialization.

“We are very proud of being chosen as a partner to Asamedic and looking forward to a good collaboration. The goal is to assist Asamedic in their existing journey all the way to market introduction of a really meaningful and important product in the market”

– Petter, CEO Yallow Life Science

“We are looking forward to working with the Yallow team to optimize the user friendliness and application of our products”

“Asamedic is constantly searching for quality partners and suppliers who can help achieve its vision and support the dedication to saving lives through innovation within Life Sciences. Partnering with Yallow was a natural step after thorough evaluation through time and testing of their abilities and scope. We are looking forward to working with the Yallow team to optimize the user friendliness and application of our products”

– Geir Ivar Westen, Manging Director of Asamedic AS

We are looking for a highly motivated, passionate and committed person who shares our simple, but important vision – innovate better life. You have typically 3-10 years of experience and proven track record within QA/regulatory compliance. Preferably within product development of medical devices. If you know a thing or two about the consulting business it’s a bonus. You are open minded, communicative, structured and get things done. 

The position is QA/RA Manager and will have the overall responsibility to build our QA team. 

Does this sound interesting please do not hesitate to apply! 

Den 20. oktober holder Yallow en seminar på Forskningsparken med fokus på hvordan man effektivt kombinerer kreativ design tenking og de regulative kravene i design control når man utvikler nye produkter innenfor medisinsk produktutvikling. 

Seminaret retter seg til alle selskaper som utvikler medisinske produkter og som ønsker faglig og kreativt påfyll. 

På slutten av dagen vil vi også sette opp 1-til-1 møter med våre produktutviklere og regulatoriske eksperter der deltakerne kan stille spørsmål, få råd, tips og triks.