Health Economics Outcomes Research & Lead

Health Economics Outcomes Research & Real World Evidence Lead

Immunology Business Unit, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Role may require up to 20% travel to existing UCB sites.

You will manage real world evidence research programs to ensure quality, time and budget deliverables within the US Immunology. You will generate and disseminate scientific evidences that inform payers, patients, providers, and policymakers on the value propositions for UCB Immunology products. The candidate will work closely with other functional groups to design methodologically sound studies to meet project objectives and regulatory and payer requirements as well as conduct/supervise analyses, evaluation and reporting of studies to develop RWE/HEOR publications.

Internally, you will work with Immunology Medical Teams, Global Real World Evidence, Market Access and Pricing, Analytics, Legal & Compliance, Patient Support, and Commercial Teams. Externally, you will work with health care providers and contractors.

• Execute Immunology RWE and HEOR research projects by identifying the most appropriate dataset based on research objectives, writing study protocols and statistical analysis plans, obtaining approval from protocol review committee, and study execution inclusive of analytical oversight, data interpretation, and creation of final reports
• Relevant research activities may include:
  • Prospective observational, pragmatic clinical trials, and/or patient registries evaluating clinical, patient-centered, and/or economic endpoints
  • Retrospective studies of existing databases to assess patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and associated clinical, economic and/or patient-reported outcomes
  • Retrospective or prospective evaluations of disease natural history and treatment patterns, including drug utilization and adherence
  • Surveys of patients, caregivers, health care providers/practitioners, and/or payers
  • Assessments exploring burden of illness and/or comparative effectiveness
  • Models of cost-effectiveness and budget impact
  • Review outcomes research protocols, statistical analysis plans (SAPs), and reports
  • Review, and publish scientific reports reflecting ongoing or completed work
• Contributes to the evidence generation plan and provide RWE/HEOR inputs to the brand planning and budgeting processes and formulate recommended strategies in support of asset value proposition in collaboration with the internal teams
• Provides input on clinical trial design from a RWE/HEOR perspective and ensure inclusion of appropriate health economic endpoints into clinical trials to maximize asset value proposition in collaboration with the clinical development team
• Keeps abreast of the trends in Immunology RWE/HEOR and proactively address RWE/HEOR strategy changes in anticipation of these trends
• Collaborates with scientific communications to provide RWE/HEOR input on scientific platform and develop RWE/HEOR-related scientific publications
• Designs and conducts real-world evidence studies to ensure timely quantitative understanding of economic, humanistic and clinical burden of disease, disease sequelae and patient journey to enhance patient access
• Authors protocols, reports and other study documents with independent, critical thinking to ensure quality and completeness of output, oversees timeline for deliverables associated with analysis and reporting

• Master’s degree (MS, MPH) in health services research, public health policy, epidemiology, economics, social psychology, medicine, pharmacy or statistics with medical training/experience in the conduct of econometric and patient-reported outcome research to evaluate the impact of health care interventions is required
• Doctorate degree (Ph.D., Pharm
  
  D, MD) is preferred
• 5+ years of experience in health services research, public health, epidemiology, or health economics. Pharmaceutical, Biotech, or medical device industry experience strongly preferred
• At least one year of experience within the immunology therapeutic area is preferred
• Experience with post-marketing “real world evidence” studies and registries is required
• Experience with large data-base analyses…