Health Economic Modelling

Tatu joined Medaffcon in the fall of 2016. Tatu holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration and is currently finalizing his Health Economics studies in the University of Eastern Finland. In his Master’s Thesis Tatu analyzes the costs of outsourcing from University Hospitals perspectives.

Before joining Medaffcon Tatu has worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Boehringer Ingelheim as an Account Manager with diabetes, respiratory and anticoagulation treatment portfolios. Through his work experience Tatu understands the sales and marketing practices and the day-to-day of pharmaceutical industry. Tatu’s strengths in the industry include his experience and knowledge of the sales and marketing functions combined with his understanding of the Market Access processes.

Health Economics interest Tatu because of the possibilities it offers to examine health care both on micro and macro levels. The possibility to rationalize and to make health care and pharmaceutical decisions based on knowledge makes the field especially interesting.

Jarmo joined Medaffcon as a Partner and Managing Director in 2010, after previously working in different positions in the pharmaceutical industry for eight years. Jarmo holds a comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical field: he has worked in several expert and leading positions, e.g. as a Health Economic Expert, Head of a Pricing and Reimbursement Unit and as a Director of Health Economics and Market Access teams. Before moving to the pharmaceutical industry, Jarmo had a permanent position in Turku School of Economics and he worked as a researcher at Turku University Hospital.

Due to his background, Jarmo has a strong knowledge of how new health technological innovations can meet the requirements and expectations of authorities, markets and customers. Medaffcon also benefits from his comprehensive experience in Health Economics and its applications from the perspective of research and commercialisation. In addition, he has wide-ranging understanding of the constantly changing operational environment.

Jarmo deems Market Access as multidisciplinary and crucial to business, which makes it an extremely interesting field of operation.

Outi Isomeri joined Medaffcon’s Medical Affairs team in December 2017. Outi holds plenty of experience from outpatient pharmaceutical service, particularly customer service and review of customer needs, after working as a pharmacist since 2009.

Outi holds a Master of Science degree in Technology, and she completed her Master’s thesis and advanced studies at the HEMA (Healthcare Engineering, Management and Architecture) institute at Aalto University, where she studied, inter alia, the management and arrangements in special healthcare. In addition to industrial engineering, her degree included health economics and analytics. Outi has worked as an analyst in different projects at NHG.

In the field, Outi is interested, in particular, in the future possibilities in individualised pharmaceutical treatment, the use of existing knowledge for the benefit of all and the possibilities to provide her own contribution for the benefit of a more functional pharmaceutical service in Finland. ”I strongly believe that there is a lot to improve in the operational models of our field, and I want to be part of analysing and planning those.” Furthermore, Outi holds an interest in market analyses and the assessment and monitoring of the overall costs of diseases.

Outi’s strengths include her diversity both as an employee and in terms of educational background. Outi is analytical, hard-working and customer-oriented professional in the pharmaceutical industry.

Heini joined Medaffcon’s Market Access team in May 2018. Heini is finishing her studies in Health Economics at the University of Eastern Finland, and her master’s thesis discusses risk-sharing agreements in the pharmaceutical market. Heini’s interest in the connections between health and economy was aroused already during her former health-related University studies and patient work.

Heini is interested in the changes occurring in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries as well as in the possibilities of Health Economics in assessing the methods and economic resources in the field. Heini’s assets include her state-of-the-art theoretical knowledge in the field of Health Economics, combined with pratice-oriented thinking.

Tanja joined Medaffcon’s team in November 2016. She completed her MSc in Health Economics at the University of York and graduated in 2013. Tanja did her dissertation placement  at the University of Otago (Wellington, New Zealand). Previously, Tanja has also completed a Master’s degree in the field of Economics and Business Administration. Already during her previous degree, she acquainted herself with the methods of health economics, as she was writing her Master’s thesis under the supervision of a health economist at the University of Rennes (Rennes1, France) in 2010.

Tanja has gained her most recent work experience as a researcher at the National Institute for Health and Welfare. In addition, Tanja has experience in working in an international research group, in instructing course exercises in health economics as well as in working in financial administration and customer service.

Tanja would particularly like to utilise her educational and professional knowledge in health economics in her future work projects. Tanja thinks that there is need for health economics and its development in Finland, now in particular, as the social and healthcare system is under reform. It is necessary to be aware of how scarce resources are allocated at the level of both the society and an organisation. Tanja has a special interest in economic evaluation and comparison of processes in healthcare.

Tanja’s strengths include her educational and occupational background as well as her pursuit for constant improvement.  As an employee, Tanja is customer- and goal-oriented as well as reliable.

Lotta joined Medaffcon’s Market Access team in February 2017. Lotta is completing her Master’s studies in Health Economics at the University of Eastern Finland. Just before joining Medaffcon, she returned from an exchange period in Germany. Lotta has experience in the pharmaceutical industry through working at Orion, where she served as a summer employee in the department responsible for supply chain and medicine registration.

Within the pharmaceutical industry, Lotta finds its diversity and international operating environment interesting. In Health Economics, her special interests cover the utilisation of health economic information in the decision-making of the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, as well as the application of Economics with a health economic perspective. Lotta’s strengths include her interest and curiosity to learn how the theory basis gained through studies in Health Economics can be applied in practical work.