Working with companies to develop strategies and tactics around market access and patient services to support Commercial product launches

First commercial employee hired primarily responsible for creating strategies and building infrastructure to ensure commercial readiness and patient access for rare disease products in clinical development. After joining assumed additional responsibilities outside of functional responsibility to facilitate organizational readiness for commercialization, including but not limited to sickle cell brand lead, business intelligence and operations. Refined and executed company’s overall patient advocacy efforts from a corporate and disease state perspectives to enable meaningful relationships with advocacy stakeholders to ensure the patient voice is incorporated into decision-making

Transitioned from consultant to full-time employee as company’s fifth employee hired. Responsible for creation and execution of strategies to ensure company commercial readiness for potential first product launch in pediatric oncology (~3,000 eligible patients in the US). Functional areas of responsibility include supply chain planning, secondary packaging, brand security, trade and distribution, pricing, payer & key account management, payer marketing, patient and reimbursement services, and commercial analytics. Designed commercial organization structure including determination of internal resources, outsourced roles, and service partners across all functional areas.

Led development and execution of strategies to ensure company readiness and product access for Commercial products. Designed and implemented core market access and patient services related infrastructure including building a team to support first corporate commercial product launches of BRAFTOVI (encorafenib) and MEKTOVI® (binimetinib) in metastatic BRAF+ melanoma cancer.

Responsible for ensuring patients and healthcare providers have access to Onivyde® (irinotecan liposome injection). Designed and implemented market access related strategies and tactics to ensure success of first corporate commercial product launch in metastatic pancreatic cancer

Various commercial roles with responsibilities including national account teams, global trade and distribution and commercial operations.

Responsible for commercial operations supporting oncology products