RJW & Partners expands senior level expertise with latest appointment

March 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Pricing and market access consultants to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, RJW & Partners Ltd, are delighted to announce the appointment of Claire Bark as Senior Consultant, consolidating the pricing and market access expertise within the firm.

Claire has 10 years experience in consultancy within the pharmaceutical industry, combining experience across commercial aspects with a strong pricing and market access background.  She joins from Complete Market Access, where as Senior Research Manager, Claire managed and delivered projects across a broad range of services including value dossiers and support tools, pricing and market access research, HTA submissions and external value communications.  In addition, she contributed to business development through the identification and development of opportunities with existing clients.

Claire began her career as an Analyst at Cambridge Pharma Consultancy (now IMS Health’s Pricing and Market Access Practice) before moving to Wood Mackenzie’s Pharma and Biotech Practice as a Senior Consultant in 2006.  Whilst at Wood Mackenzie Claire developed skills across a broad range of commercial issues, from assessing the attractiveness of in-licensing opportunities and landscape analyses to inform product development strategies to exploring potential competitor responses to new product launches.

Claire holds a BSc Honours in biomedical science from the University of Aberdeen.

Ad Rietveld, one of the founding Directors of RJW & Partners (http://www.rjwpartners.com) said: “We are delighted to welcome Claire to the team.  Her extensive consulting experience and proactive work ethic have seen her achieve consistently high standards for clients.  Her approach to team management ensures outcomes that add significant value to client projects. Claire will be a considerable asset in terms of our business delivery and development”.

RJW & Partners offer a complete suite of services spanning every stage of the product lifecycle including: pricing and market access strategy development, support planning and audit, global and affiliate strategy implementation, the evaluation of new in or out-licensing opportunities and organisational development and improvement.  At the core of each assignment is the wish to make a meaningful and commercially tangible contribution to the development of the client’s business.

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About RJW & Partners: RJW & Partners was founded in 2008 and is a consultancy with unique capabilities in pricing and market access, focused solely on the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. All senior staff have worked at the highest levels in pricing and market access in either government or industry and throughout their consulting careers have personally advised on the pricing and market access strategies for most of today’s leading pharmaceutical brands. The company operates throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. http://www.rjwpartners.com