Our clients operate in dual environments - life science and business - and we shape our teams around the common challenges facing these segments. Valid Insight’s international team draw on decades of market access, medical and relevant commercial experience.
Chief Executive Officer
Janice joined Valid Insight in October 2021 as CEO and brings a wealth of experience both from the industry and consulting, having led multiple projects in the development and implementation of pricing and market access strategy for new and in-market products.
MSc
Senior Director Operations/ COO
James Wright is Senior Director of Operations at Valid Insight. With over 20 years’ experience in consulting and healthcare, James leads our international operations.
BSc (Hons.)
Senior Director Commercial Strategy/ CCO
Frank is Senior Director and CCO at Valid Insight. With nearly 25 years of experience as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, Frank is a seasoned professional, who leads our commercial strategy, business and client solution development.
PhD
Senior Executive Advisor
Raf De Wilde is a global expert in life sciences pricing and all aspects of market access. He has over 40 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry and over 30 years in global market access. Apart from his vast expertise with market access projects he is also a proficient trainer on pricing, tendering and contracting, market access negotiations, patient access schemes, and WHO classification issues.
BSc (Hons), PGCert Health Economics
Director – Value Communication
Carolyn has 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, including 15 years in the global HEOR division of Allergan (now AbbVie), 14 years in market access consultancy and 3 years working for a medical diagnostic company. Carolyn specialises in the development of value dossiers, key value messages, value communication tools, HTA submissions and health economic models to support pricing, reimbursement and market access.
RPharm, PhD, Dipl. Health Economics, Dipl. Public Health
Associate Director
Patricia has focused on ophthalmology products (medicinal products, medical devices/IVDs), an area she also covered as medical writer and sales force trainer. Additionally, Patricia has managed projects working with global pharmaceutical companies and diagnostic manufacturers delivering high quality deliverables across different therapy areas such as oncology and dermatology.
MSc, PhD
Data Scientist
Before becoming a Data Scientist, Rachana worked as a Translational Scientist in oncology at the Beatson Institute, Glasgow, after completing a PhD in Biochemistry.
Based on the previous experience, Rachana has a unique combination of skills and expertise in scientific thinking for problem-solving, health care, health technologies, data technologies and computer programming.
BSc, MRes, PhD
Senior Consultant
Stephen is a Senior Consultant at Valid Insight. He began his career working as a postdoctoral researcher in Neuroscience, and worked for 2 years at Newcastle University, before working for 7 years as a Wellcome trust researcher at the University of York.
MPharm
Senior Consultant
Pedro is a Senior Consultant at Valid Insight. Pedro has worked in a diverse selection of roles across translational research, community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, distribution and sales, obtaining a holistic view of pharmaceutical supply chain. His market access experience spans commercial strategy, pricing and positioning research, TPP and value message testing, literature review, epidemiology and market sizing, competitive assessment and tracking, interviewing and adboard moderation.
MSc, MPhil
Senior Consultant
Francesca is a senior consultant at Valid Insight. Francesca has experience in value demonstration and market access strategy in a range of chronic diseases, working directly with stakeholders to develop targeted value propositions and communications materials. In addition, Francesca has been involved in evidence generation, real-world data collection and developing economic evidence, including budget impact and cost-effectiveness analyses.
DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant
Paula holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Comparative and Veterinary Medicine. She is also a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the speciality of Neurology. Paula worked for 10 years as a companion animal veterinarian, specialising in neurology and neurosurgery. She was also involved in research and teaching. before she switched careers and became a Senior Medical Writer in 2016, focusing on a variety of pharmaceutical drugs and covering multiple therapy areas.
MPharm
Consultant
Rita Conceição is experienced in pricing and reimbursement submissions, market dynamics activities, global value dossiers and stakeholder reports and communications. She has expertise in a range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, respiratory and vaccines. Previous pharmaceutical sciences training has also enabled Rita to have broad exposure to the pharmaceutical environment.
MSc, PhD
Consultant
Roberta is a health economist with over 10-year academic experience in economic evaluation and modelling of health care interventions, treatments and diagnostic tests . She holds an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York and a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy).
MPharm
Associate Consultant
Alba is an Associate Consultant at Valid Insight. She holds a Master in Commercial Management & Marketing of Pharmaceutical Industries from Centro de Estudios Superiores de la Industria Farmacéutica (CESIF).
MPharm
Associate Consultant
Maria is an Associate Consultant at Valid Insight. She has vast experience across digital brand launch projects and as a speaker on big data and data sciences. Maria’s expertise spans scientific knowledge, communication, project management, analytics and more.
MSc
Associate Consultant
Federico is an Associate Consultant at Valid Insight. He holds an MSc in Health Economics, Management and Policy from the University of Bologna with a final thesis on the development of a cost-effectiveness analysis of prosthetic implant combinations in total hip replacement in Italy, through a collaboration with the Region Emilia-Romagna’s health service.
BSc
Associate Consultant
Ayesha is an Associate Consultant at Valid Insight. She holds a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Manchester and a Masters in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Entrepreneurship from University College London (UCL).
MSc
Associate Consultant
Darlene has experience working for healthtech start-ups such as Solvemed Group and Phenopolis, overseeing research, competitive landscapes, grant proposals and compliance. She also worked as a digital health analyst for PATH where she built a framework to integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning health initiatives across low-income countries, specifically LATAM.
MPharm
Associate Consultant
Anna is an Associate Consultant at Valid Insight. She holds a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, as well as the postgraduate diploma in Interdisciplinary Studies in Pharmaceutical Management from the Warsaw University of Technology Business School.
MSc
Associate Consultant
Annie has extensive experience in project management, data handling, scientific communication, and analytics, and has taken part in multi-discipline collaborative projects which included team leadership roles. Annie has partaken in several scientific-communication community outreach projects and has designed and run an undergraduate development module at the University of York.
BSc, MSc
Associate Consultant
Prior to joining Valid Insight, Evangelia had an internship as a Business development intern within a pharma consulting company, gaining experience into the fields of business developing plan, data analysis and project management.
BPharm. Grad.Dip.Sc(Pharm). MCom
Senior Advisor
Sue Caleo-Naeyaert is a senior international executive in the areas of Pricing, Market Access, Health Economics, Government Affairs and Policy who has lived and worked in Europe, Switzerland, Asia, and the United States. With a combined 26 years of experience in academia, government and the pharmaceutical industry, Sue had held senior roles at local, regional and global levels working for Roche, Janssen/Johnson and Johnson, Merck KGaA and Fresenius Kabi, managing complex and challenging projects.
BSc, MSc, PhD
Senior Advisor
Alia Karaouni has over 20 years’ experience as a strategy consultant and foresight expert. She is an expert in systems thinking and business modelling for complex decision support in the pharmaceutical industry. She focuses on issues related to pricing strategy, market access, portfolio analysis, cost-benefit assessment, commercial planning and valuation.
MA, PhD
Senior Advisor
Carole Chrvala has nearly 30 years’ experience as an epidemiologist, health economics and outcomes researcher.
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