Biography

Guvenc Kockaya is a medical doctor and health economist. He earned a master of science degree in Pharmacoeconomics & Pharmacoepidemiology at Yeditepe University and doctorate degree in Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Pharmacology at Istanbul University. He completed the European Market Access Diploma Program at Lyon-1 University and studied as a short term fellow at Temple University's Center for Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. He has established the ISPOR Yeditepe University Student Section. In 2011, he became the first Turkish citizen to be awarded the "ISPOR Meeting Travel Scholarship Award." He has several articles and posters that have been published in national and international journals or presented in national and international congresses. He has also served as the Turkish translation editor of Bootman's Principles of Pharmacoeconomics and WHO's Health Technology Assessment in Medical Devices. He worked for Ministry of Health of Turkey as health economist and was a member of Medical and Economic Evaluation Commission, which evaluates pharmaceutical reimbursement decisions. He worked also as head of market access or health economics department in pharmaceutical & medical device companies for Turkey and Middle East countries. He is the President of the Health Economics and Policy Association (HEPA) and plays an active role in the development of health economics in Turkey and a member of scientific advisory board of "Farmeconomia Health economics and therapeutic pathways". He is the editor of the books titled as "Pharmaceutical Market Access in Emerging Markets" and "Pharmaceutical Market Access in Developed Markets". He is now working for CarthaGenetics, a Switzerland based consultant company as market access director for Europe, Turkey, Middle East and North Africa.

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Research Interest

Health Outcome, Pharmacoeconomy, Pharmaocepidemiology, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Medical Devices, Medical Affairs, Business Development.