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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, vision care, virology, women’s health , and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

The Manager Real World Evidence (RWE) and Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) will serve as the primary HEOR/RWE Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide scientific and methodological expertise to the market access managers and cross-functional teams. They will drive the development and execution of RWE and HEOR projects to support market access, reimbursement and policy shaping strategies for AbbVie’s portfolio.

• Develop and implement Real World Evidence (RWE) and Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) strategies in partnership with key internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate value and support reimbursement, pricing strategies, clinical guidelines, and health policy decisions related to Abbvie products and therapeutic areas.
• Develop submissions dossiers for CDA, INESSS and private payers, including the development of budgetary impact analyses and the development/adaptation of economic analyses. This requires to:
  • Liaise with the global market access organization to leverage the global value dossier, market access strategies & payer tools
  • Liaise & collaborate with global health economics organization for the adaptation of economic analyses that support reimbursement strategies and submissions requirements to various payers, in alignment with the Canadian guidelines.
• Lead the planning and implementation of RWE and HEOR projects, including study design, data analysis, and dissemination of findings.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Medical Affairs, Market Access, Government Affairs & Policy, Regulatory, and Commercial.
• Ensure effective communication of RWE and HEOR studies progress and results to relevant audiences (e.g. investigators, brand team, payers, policymakers, etc.).
• Prepare abstracts/manuscripts of study results for publication / presentation, as required.
• Liaise (along with medical personnel when appropriate) with patient/disease registries, consultants, contract research organizations, biostatisticians/epidemiologists, medical experts, health economists on various health economics & outcomes research projects.
• Build and maintain a network of contacts at Canadian institutions / organizations that collect relevant data for AbbVie RWE/HEOR studies. Build relationships of trust to enable data access and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborating with clinical research on studies with economic and quality of life endpoints.
• Leverage AbbVie global RWE expertise and capacity as needed to advance Canadian projects.
• Playing an active role on Brand Team to identify opportunities to work collaboratively with cross-functional colleagues to deliver on brand objectives.
• Monitoring timelines and budget expenditures for real world evidence and health economics & outcomes studies.
• Stay current on Canadian healthcare trends, regulations, and data sources; champion innovation in RWE/HEOR methodologies.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance with legal, ethical, and regulatory standards.