Nitisha Danve
Independent Consultant
Professional consultant with extensive pharmaceutical, healthcare industry and management experience in international pricing,
reimbursement, market access and market research with a solid academic background in life sciences and systems biology.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nitisha.danve
Location: Pune, India
SKILLS:
✓ Project Management
✓ Pricing and Reimbursement
Intelligence
✓ Market Access
✓ HTA/Regulatory monitoring
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Competitive Intelligence
Market Research
Market sizing/estimation
SWOT/PESTEL Analysis
✓ KOL Mapping
✓ Validation and Quality
Management
✓ Report Writing/Dashboards
✓ Data Analysis
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Independent Consultant- Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
11/2017 – Present
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Pune, India
Successfully manage consulting-based deliveries across pharmaceutical, medical devices and healthcare industry
verticals with projects covering pricing intelligence, reimbursement, market access and custom research
Deliver pricing intelligence across 60+ markets across AMERICAS, EUROPE, MIDDLE-EAST, ASIA-PACIFIC, AFRICA regions
covering prices at ex-factory, wholesaler’s, retail level along with rebate prices
Conduct research for healthcare systems and country policies and regulations for pharma sector
Analyze country-specific reimbursement processes to aid in devising market access strategies along with performing HTA
monitoring and analyzing payer’s insights
Market research value proposition covering market analysis, benchmarking, competitor and market intelligence, go-tomarket strategy and effective sales-force management
Research methodology involves exhaustive secondary and primary research using systematic and innate research
techniques (using various methods such as PubMed, Factiva, Government websites, Journals, focus group discussions
and more) and devise best-fit research methodology
Create, assimilate and convey research information in a concise and effective manner through qualitative and
quantitative analysis- market sizing, product launch studies, product landscape, competitive landscape, product
approvals
Comprehensive data interpretation and submission in the form of full-length reports, concise short reports, excel
dashboards and power-point presentations
RECENT PROJECTS
1. Global economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis – Pricing, Reimbursement and Market Access,-. Post launch study for an IVF-ART drug – Perception and brand recall analysis
Research Analyst - Domain expert; Innoplexus, Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd
06/2017 – 10/2017
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Responsible for supporting the technical team as domain expert for Germany market access
Analyze G-BA assessment, AMNOG, IQWiG reports and map the data for data automation purpose
Pune, India
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Perform data analysis over G-BA assessments, IQWiG reports and draw inferences over G-BA assessed drugs (Dossier
reports, resolution, process status, benefit assessment, decisions)
Co-ordinate with the technical team and client for bridging the gap between data analytics and domain/research knowhow; aid in data automation process
KOL mapping (Financial Analyst and Financial Advisors concerned with Pharmaceutical business to HTAs and Payors
mapping)
Dashboard making, proposal writing and strategy presentations
Research Analyst; Adjility – Alliance Lifesciences
10/2014- 05/2017
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Pune, India
Responsible for carrying out extensive research to strengthen the pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement with
indications/therapeutic areas related information and databases
Perform pricing & reimbursement data analysis to provide client with comprehensive competitors pricing landscape and
strategic insights on drug pricing
Regular stakeholders’ interaction to understand the exact requirements, present data summary, resolve client queries &
settle on single solution approach
Responsible for end-to-end client communication and reports delivery and query resolutions
Delivery lead for four of the top listed global pharmaceutical companies
Involved in various new projects/activities like cost of treatment, in depth pharmaceutical market access analysis, pricing
structure and managing ad-hoc queries
Trainee; Persistent Systems Ltd
09/2012 – 09/2013
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Pune, India
Responsible for studying and designing molecular network of signaling pathways for biological system of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and comprehensive analysis
Data mining, entities extraction and relationship mapping to identify major components of the given biological system
using biological databases like NCBI/KEGG and more
Perform heuristic modeling of the biological system by analyzing the interactions between biological components and
interrelations between the pathways
Network building and downstream analysis using systems biology application- Cell Designer and presenting
demonstrations of signaling modules created to the respective stake holders
PUBLICATIONS:
Title: Network analyses based on comprehensive molecular interaction maps reveal robust control structures in yeast stress
response pathways. (http://www.nature.com/articles/npjsba201518)
Publication house: Nature Publication Journals (npjsba)
EDUCATION:
Master of Science: Biotechnology
University of Pune, India
June 2010 – March 2012
First Class with distinction
LANGUAGES:
English- Full professional proficiency
German- Limited proficiency
Hindi- Full proficiency