About

About Me

Helena Olbertova, Ph.D., IVDR Regulatory & Clinical Affairs Consultant

I am not a theorist. I am a regulatory practitioner. With a Ph.D. in Experimental Oncology and 6+ years of frontline IVDR experience, I specialise in preparing technical files and defending them through Notified Body review rounds to secure final certification.

Before moving into regulatory work I spent years in cancer biology research at a university hospital and a research institute, planning, running and presenting my own studies. That is why clinical literature and the statistics behind it are familiar ground rather than something I outsource.

This is primarily a one-person practice. When you work with me, you work with me directly. Every strategy, every document, every response to a Notified Body carries my personal expertise and accountability. For larger projects, I may bring in carefully selected independent professionals when additional capacity is genuinely needed, and I will always discuss that openly before it happens. I also collaborate with trusted specialists in areas outside my core scope, such as software regulatory pathways, full QMS setup from scratch, or stand-alone risk management system builds.

I combine scientific rigour with smart automation to handle the heavy lifting of regulatory documentation, because most of the weight in a technical file is repetition rather than thinking. Whether you need a gap analysis, a clinical performance report, or straight answers to complex questions, I deliver results rather than reports, so your business moves forward.

In 2026 I launched Regulatory Path, an online educational platform. It is the same practice in a different form: I solve IVDR problems hands-on for manufacturers, and when the same problem keeps coming back, I turn it into a course or a template so anyone can solve it themselves. Some clients start with a course and then book a consultation. Others use the courses to train their teams while I handle the certification work.

I work primarily remotely via Teams, email, and shared cloud platforms. For the right project, I am happy to travel, ideally for a focused week at the start to build the foundations together, then continue remotely with periodic visits as needed. I am not looking to be constantly travelling, but a meaningful on-site presence at key moments is something I genuinely value. I am based in South Moravia, well placed for clients in and around Brno, Bratislava, and Vienna, and reachable across Europe.

I communicate directly. I do not sugar-coat reality. What I will always give you is honesty about the effort IVDR requires, and the expertise to make that effort count.

Proven Results in IVDR Compliance

65+

IVD products certified through the full IVDR process, across all device classes A through D.

400+

Legacy devices managed to ensure uninterrupted EU market presence under the new IVDR requirements.

6+

Years of frontline IVDR experience including audit readiness, NB interactions, and managing NB findings and feedback.

What That Experience Covers

  • Strategy setting, intended purpose development, and classification analysis across all IVD classes
  • Notified Body selection, application, and managing findings across multiple review cycles
  • Audit readiness and audit attendance on the manufacturer side
  • Automation to streamline regulatory documentation, reducing time without reducing quality
  • International registrations and coordination with distributors outside the EU
  • Working independently since 2019, and on IVDR as a freelance consultant since 2020

Focus Areas

  • Diagnostics, oncology, immunology, molecular biology, autoimmune disease, genetics
  • Infectious serology and blood grouping
  • In-house IVDs in clinical laboratories
  • Software as a medical device, working alongside software specialists and covering the IVDR side myself
  • RUO and general laboratory use products, and where the IVD boundary sits

Education and Practical Details

Education

  • Ph.D. in Experimental Oncology and Tumour Biology, Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science
  • Brno Ph.D. Talent award for exceptional young researchers; Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award (A*STAR) financing an internship at the Genome Institute of Singapore
  • Peer-reviewed publications on telomere dynamics and clonality in haematological malignancies
  • Training in EU MDR, EU IVDR, ISO 13485, Good Clinical Practice, and the design and interpretation of clinical trials

Practical

  • Languages: English fluent, Czech native, Slovak proficient, German intermediate
  • Time zone: Central European Time
  • Working mode: remote first via Teams, email and shared platforms, on site when a project justifies it
  • Standards: working knowledge of ISO 13485 and ISO 14971, applied in practice rather than as a specialist in either
  • Independence: I work for manufacturers only, and am independent of Notified Bodies

Let’s Connect

You will be talking directly to me. No sales team, no hand-offs. If you are looking for a reliable, experienced partner to move your IVDR project forward, let’s have an honest conversation about where you are and what needs to happen next.

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