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November 18, 2007
Head of Health Economics & Reimbursment Argumentation: Sanofi-aventis
Location: Paris, France
Sanofi-aventis, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, is at the heart of the challenge for healthcare and is committed everyday to driving back disease wherever in the world.
Discovering, producing and making available to doctors and their patients innovative, effective and well-tolerated drugs and vaccines, has always been the guiding principle in our business activities.
As a responsible company, we are committed to making our development part of our strategy for strong, sustainable and profitable growth.
In respect of our different cultures, the foundation of sanofi-aventis is the diversity of its teams and its talents.
We are looking for a Head of Health Economics & Reimbursment Argumentation who will develop pharmaco economics & reimbursment strategies to support product strategy. This position is based in Paris
Roles and responsibilities:
- Design, develop, implement health economics plans
- Supervise the review and implementation of Study Concept Documents, Protocols, Analysis Plans, Final Study Reports.
- Provide input for clinical development plans to ensure that pharmaco-economics, patient reported outcomes, or any reimbursment tools are fully utilized.
- Review/analyse medical and evidence-based outcomes literature. Provide a summary for commercial operations and Clinical Development based on expert analysis and interpretation.
- Develop approaches to influence insurance/payors’ decisions on product, payments and usage.
- Build relationships with Key Researchers and Opinion Leaders
- Manage a global health economic & reimbursment team of 15 peoples & the budget
- Work with Regional Commercial Operations, Global Business Teams, Affiliate and R&D
Required Profile:
- Masters/MBA/PhD degree in Economics, Health Economics, Pharmacy and/or Medicine.
- 5-10 years experience in reimbursment, health economics and/or funding applications in a healthcare environment (pharmaceutical, biotechnology, specialized R&HE consulting company, a HTA or Payer body)
- Knowledge of Health Technology Assessment in Europe, US or Asia
- Payer/decision maker experience would be helpful
- Ability to manage international projects
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
- Good understanding of clinical development (in particular study designs that produce clinically and economically relevant value information in both a development and post-launch time period)
- Understanding of public and private payer environment and the requirements for health economics and value information.
- Knowledge and understanding of key marketplace factors, critical business issues and drivers
- Ability to develop long-range plans and future business strategies.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Fluent in English
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience with multidisciplinary groups.
- Team management experience
For online Information on our company : http://www.sanofi-aventis.com/. If interested please send your CV and a cover letter by mail under reference BX-07-07260 to SMA-IL-recrutement@sanofi-aventis.com or apply directly on our website http://www.sanofi-aventis-job.com/ job reference BX-07-07260
