About Advena Ltd. Advena Ltd. provides regulatory consulting services to small and medium- sized medical device manufacturers and distributors. Advena Ltd. was founded in the United Kingdom in 1996 by John Adcock, Managing Director, in response to a growing demand for high quality regulatory consulting services by small to medium-sized emerging medical device technology companies. Since that time, the UK office has developed a global client base involving a wide diversity of medical devices. John has 30 years experience in medical device quality systems. In 2008, Advena Ltd. opened an office in the United States in order to provide one source for registration of medical devices in both the European Union and United States. Thus providing clients with the advantages of increased security and the ability to share EU technical file information in the preparation of US FDA submissions. Judy Burton, Director of US Operations, has 10 years experience in both the regulatory and quality systems aspects of medical devices; has gained FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for a variety of Class I and II medical devices; has developed and implemented cGMP training programs; and, is certified in US import/export regulations. In November 2009, the UK operation expanded into new offices in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. These state-of-the-art offices, with conference facilities, are adjacent the the UK motorway network and main rail links and close to Birmingham International Airport. Heathrow is only 75 minutes away. The UK Business Manager at Leamington is Farah Hussain.