Welcome to Life Science Sentry (LSS), your trusted partner for anti-bribery compliance solutions in the life science industry. Our mission is to help you achieve and maintain compliance with ease and confidence.

Our flagship product, ABC 101, uses cutting-edge software solutions developed using the combined experience of Sylvain Poitras (Appleton Luff International Lawyers, Geneva) and Kevin Moore (De Novo Legal, Ireland), two leading experts in advising life science companies on compliance issues. ABC 101 takes a novel approach to compliance, combining intuitive software with issue spotting analysis and tools, training for staff and economic operators, bespoke and tailored programmes and packages, and additional consultancy and crisis management for general training and specific issues.

With ABC 101, you can rest assured that your compliance obligations tackled with ease and efficiency. Our programmes are intuitive and user-friendly, designed to make compliance simple, straightforward and an asset for your business – we turn compliance into a competitive advantage. Our issue spotting analysis and tools enable you to identify potential compliance risks and take proactive steps to manage them. Our training for staff and economic operators will ensure that everyone in your organization is aware of their compliance obligations and understands how to meet them.

At LSS, we understand that every life science company is unique, and that one size does not fit all when it comes to compliance, yet there is no need to reinvent the wheel to benchmark against good
industry practices. That's why we offer bespoke and tailored programmes and packages, designed to meet your specific needs and requirements. And if you encounter a compliance issue or crisis, our additional consultancy and crisis management services are there to help you navigate them with ease.

At Life Science Sentry, our goal is to make compliance easy and accessible for all SMEs in the life science industry. With ABC 101, you can have peace of mind knowing that you have a solution in place that is aligned with good industry practices.

For more information, please email: hello@lifesciencesentry.com

What Life Science Sentry Offers

Sylvain Poitras

Sylvain Poitras is A Partner at Appleton Luff – International Lawyers working from the Geneva Office (https://www.appletonluff.com/


Sylvain has been providing medtech law advice and support in Europe and beyond for some 25 years working with and for Big Medtech (Medtronic, Cardinal Health), SMEs and investors, including on EU-US cross-border issues. He is qualified as an attorney-at-law in the US (NY) and Canada (QC) and holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in health-sector management from Harvard University. He has been a lecturer on European medtech law (CE-marking, innovation, contracting practices, compliance) at two leading Swiss universities (EPFL & UNINE) since 2010. Since its creation in 2016 Sylvain has been a health-sector mentor and judge with leading start-up accelerator MassChallenge Switzerland.

Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore is the founder of DeNovo Legal (www.denovolawfirm.com). In 2011, 


Kevin became the only lawyer in Ireland or the U.S. to be selected to participate in the affiliated BioInnovate Ireland and Stanford Biodesign Fellowships. He established DeNovo Legal, a bespoke practice for the life science sector having gained a unique understanding of the I.P., compliance, ethical and funding challenges facing medical devices companies. 


Kevin has also lectured in Medical Device Law and Regulation at NUI, Galway, a module which he created and first began teaching in 2016.