Academy Of Pharmaceutical Affairs
Market Access Professional Certification GCC
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Designed for Product Specialists, Medical Representatives and pharmacists
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Next Cohort Starts
January 11, 2025
Your learning journey is extended beyond the course duration
Be ready for KAM assessment
Live online session + Access to Records incase you missed a session
Assignments, quizzes and final certification exam
Individual case study presentation with feedback on future development points
Program Instructor
Dr. Sherif Hammad
- Assistant Professor- Gulf Medical University-Ajman
- Senior Manager Market Access and Business Development- Middle East and Africa/ Pharma Solutions LLC
- Market Access Consultant- Middle East | Laboratories Thea Pharma
- Head of Market Access – Gulf & Levant | Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Pricing Manager – NEMEA (Near East, Middle East and Africa) | Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Business Support Manager – Gulf Countries, Levant and Iran | Nycomed GmbH
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Learning outcomes
By the end of the program you will be able to:
Module 1: Healthcare Market Landscape and Introduction to Market Access
- Health as a Good
- The Goal of Healthcare
- Healthcare Market Specifics
- Healthcare as a Mixed and Collective Good
- Equity in Health and Healthcare
- The Goal of Healthcare (emphasizing purpose and outcomes)
- Detailed Analysis of Healthcare Market Specifics
- Exploration of Healthcare as a Mixed and Collective Good
- Equity: Health and Healthcare Access
Module 2: Pharmaceutical Market Access Strategy
- Public Health Definition
- Decision Making in Public Health
- Organization of Public Health
- Funding Health Care and Public Health
- Criteria for Priority Setting and Decision Making
- Health Inequalities
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Policies
- Reimbursement Decision Making
- Methods for Incorporating Societal Preferences into Decision Making
- Defining Key Concepts
- Relevant Theories and Methods in Healthcare
Module 3: Key Accounts Management
- Introduction to Key Accounts
- Definitions of Key Accounts
- Objectives and Values of Key Accounts
- Types of Key Accounts
- Benefits and Challenges of Key Accounts
- Key Account Process
- Developing a Key Account Plan
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Implementation of the Key Accounts Management Plan
Module 4: Pharmaceutical Marketing and Product Life Cycle Management
- The role of marketing in health care organizations
- Defining the health care system and its trade-offs
- How health care buyers make choices
- Market segmentation, targeting, positioning, and competition
- The nature of services
- Viewing the marketing mix
- Managing product lifecycle
- Building the brand
- Managing the stages of the product life cycle
- Marketing channels and value networks
Module 5: Pharmaceutical Pricing
- Introduction to Pricing
- Pricing Techniques
- Reference Pricing Systems in Various Markets
- Case Discussion
Module 6: Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Strategy and Principles
- Types of Negotiation Techniques (ZOPA, BATNA, SPIN)
- Negotiating via Emails and Calls
- Negotiation in Market Access
Module 7: Introduction to Health Economics
- Pharmacoeconomics—what is it?
- Why is pharmacoeconomics important?
- Relationship of pharmacoeconomics to other research
- Types of pharmacoeconomic studies
- Measuring and estimating costs
- Health-related quality of life measures versus utility measures
- Questions to use when critiquing research articles