Optimax Access is a UK-based Health Economics and Outcome Research (HEOR) consultancy company based in the United Kingdom, with an office in the Netherlands as well. We assist our clients in introducing their pharmaceutical and biotech products, and services to major global healthcare markets. We will help you to identify a clear and optimal pathway to success with a comprehensive catalog of services ranging from clinical study design to reimbursement assessment, health economics evidence generation and health technology assessment dossier submission.
Optimax Access has been a preferred business partner for HEOR services for iGES Life Sciences Group (a 40-year-old company based in Germany with multiple offices in Europe) since 2019.
TEAM MEMBERS
Prof Dr Bertram Häussler is head of the IGES group. He is an honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin for Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry. His scientific focus is on industrial economics, health economics, health care research, benefit assessment, and drug development. Associate Director Dr. Amir Ansaripour (PharmD., Ph.D.) is a pharmacist and health economist. He has collaborated with most of the top pharma companies by developing cost-effectiveness models for new products for various diseases. Chief Executive Officer Mehdi holds a Ph.D. in Health Economics and has over 15+ years of experience in the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) field. He used to work as an Evidence Review Group (ERG) member for NICE. Mehdi has built over 120 health economic evaluation models from scratch for different diseases (Cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, Ophthalmology, …) and has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has a strong commercial sense and in-depth knowledge of modeling. Head of Evidence Synthesis Team Atefeh is the head of the Evidence Synthesis team at Optimax Access, she worked as an Evidence Synthesis Analyst at NIHR Innovation Observatory for several years. She has a strong background in health economics and Evidence Synthesis and has successfully managed several systematic review projects as part of NICE HTA submissions for pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. She has also published several Cochrane systematic reviews. Senior Consultant Eoin Moloney (MSc) is a senior health economist and evidence synthesis specialist, with 10 years of experience in academia and industry. He has worked across a wide range of clinical disease areas, focussing on the cost-effectiveness and budget-impact of a variety of medical and pharmaceutical interventions. He has a strong track record of publications in high-impact clinical and economic journals and an in-depth understanding of the methods required to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of new technologies. Consultant Sajad holds a Ph.D. in Health Economics and he has performed various cost-effectiveness projects in diabetes and cancer, which resulted in several publications. He was previously a member of the evidence review group (ERG) for NICE. Consultant Vasileios is a health economist with a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics, an MSc in Public Health Practice, and an MSc in Economic Evaluation in Healthcare from the City University of London. He has experience in academia and industry and is interested in assessing the cost-effectiveness of health technologies using various modelling techniques. Vasilis has built and adapted cost-effectiveness and budget impact models for multiple countries and disease areas and has worked on Health Technology Assessment submissions.
Prof Dr Bertram Häussler
Dr Amir Ansaripour
His Ph.D. research focused on cost-effectiveness analyses, modeling, and reimbursement policy analysis. During the past years, he has applied various methods such as questionnaire/survey analysis, Matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAICs), data mining on a large claims database, real-world cost analysis, Markov modeling, pharmaceutical pricing, and market access strategy in his projects.
Dr Mehdi Javanbakht
Ms Atefeh Mashayekhi
Mr Eoin Moloney
Dr Sajad Emamipour
Mr Vasileios Kontogiannis
Professor Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Jennifer Head – Independent Business Development Manager
Jennifer has worked in the healthcare industry for over 15 years, in a range of commercial and operational roles. She is a passionate advocate for the adoption of innovative solutions within the Global Healthcare Market. Jennifer holds an MSc in Advanced Strategic Marketing and an MBA.
