Between April 25–27, 2024, seminars and panels addressing current topics in the healthcare industry were held at the Expomed Eurasia 2024 Fair, which hosted the participation of more than 800 domestic and international companies.

Chairman of the Board of Scrap Danışmanlık Inc., Merdan Altınöz, provided information to ARTED Chairman Serhan Acar and Secretary General Elif Özman Pusat; TÜMDEF President Kemal Yaz and Coordinator Sibel Pehlivan; SEİS President Metin Demir and Secretary General İlke Eren Karaca; SADER Chairman İsmail Yücel and Secretary General Aybeniz Kaynar; OSTİM Medical Industry Cluster President Fatin Dağçınar and Cluster Coordinator Nilsu Erkanlı; MASSİAD Deputy Secretary General Filiz Gündüz; and EGEDER General Coordinator Eda Yıldırım Alşen regarding the problems faced by their association members during disposal processes, the solutions proposed by Scrap Danışmanlık, and the possibility of paying less tax—provided that the destruction of products subject to inflation adjustment in members’ 31.12.2023 balance sheets is completed by 30.06.2024 and a Valuation Commission Decision is obtained. He also addressed the issue of why excessive VAT is paid during disposal processes.

Altınöz expressed his gratitude to ARTED for organizing the panel titled “Latest Developments in MDR & IVDR Transitions in the EU and Turkey” with speakers from the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency and MedTech Europe, and to SADER and DETESADER for their efforts in organizing the panel titled “Value-Based Healthcare Services.”