OMAR ALI | FORMER ADVISER NICE / HEAD OF PAYERS
VERPORA

A former government pharmacist payer with over 15 years experience in access and reimbursement for new medicines and advising NHS government guidelines at NICE HTA Omar has been a visiting Lecturer at UCLH Pharmacy Programme and was both Lecturer & Examiner on Independent Prescribing the University of Surrey He has over 30 publications to date was an Editorial Content Adviser to Guidelines, and Associate Editor to the Canadian Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology. He is an adviser to foreign investors (US Embassy) on ‘Value Based Assessments. As head of payers at Verpora, he leads a group of 150 global payers within a network bringing pricing, access & reimbursement expertise from over 30 markets across the globe. He has embarked on a PhD doctorate on Value-based & innovative contracting with medicines publishing his 1st thesis “Performance based leasing model over time for CAR-T therapies”. He is a well-seasoned global speaker, most recently having delivered the keynote at AMCP New Orleans, guest speaker at Model-N Austin Texas, presenting at Italian Healthcare Senato della Republica in Rome and on Evaluation and Sustainability models of Healthcare at Future of Pharmacy Commissioning at London Houses of Parliament. Omar is a single father to 3 young daughters, is an enthusiastic musician (plays the drums in a band) and promises to deliver this seminar in an exciting and innovative fashion!