Cheryl Bielicz
Tecumseh
Summary
Accomplished Director in leveraging extensive access background and negotiation skills .Excel in driving market access and fostering robust stakeholder relationships, currently at Incyte Biosciences Canada. Demonstrated success in strategic policy advocacy and achieving rapid product listings, underscored by unparalleled interpersonal abilities. Experienced numerous innovative successes in a number of professional roles. Looks forwards to new challenges and committed to ensuring deliverables are met.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Director Payer and Stake Holder Relations
Incyte Biosciences Canada
01.2022 - Current
- Responsible for market access of Incyte portfolio to Western provinces.
- Registered as a lobbyist with interaction with senior government in Western provinces.
- Responsible for access in private market.
- Work collaboratively with patient advocacy groups
- Work closely with Key opinion leader Health Care providers
- Understanding the HTA process in Canada.
- Negotiations of product listing agreement public and private.
- Understanding of the Canadian Health care system both Oncology and non Oncology.
- Works well in a team settings but also efficiently independently.
- Attended BIO 2024. Understanding the need for innovation to come to Canada.
- Strong interpersonal relationships.
- Member of high functioning award winning Innovative Medicine Private Market Operations Team.
- Works collaboratively and respectfully cross functionally for success.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
- Provide mentorship for advocacy and access
Sr. Manager Private Insurance
Bristol Myers Squibb
07.2020 - 12.2021
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with private stakeholders to provide strategic direction and insights for private payer market.
- Collaborate cross functionally to develop product submissions geared toward private market . Educate importance of timing to lessen listing delays.
- Gathered information while preparing private payers for future products.
- Collaborate cross functionally to create private payer strategy that will insure most success at product launch.
- Secured budgets for private payer strategy.
- Successfully negotiate PLA.
- Monitor changing market conditions and communicate internally impact to BMS business.
- Educate internally private market operation.
- Work with PSP team to include private market strategy
- Exceeded expectation for product listing
- Strong policy advocacy as member of IMC Private Payer Core team.
Manager Health Policy & Patient Access Private
Novartis Oncology
08.2015 - 06.2020
- Collaborate with brand teams, HEOR , reimbursement strategist ,medical , commercial and various other department to prepare, gain, and maintain private sector access during life cycle of drug.
- Continue to maintain ongoing relationships with private payer to provide strategies internally with objective of gaining coverage quickest timeframe possible.
- Educate internally private market and impact to Novartis portfolio.
- Strategize and prepare for Product Listing agreements ..
- From Jan 2019 added role of Nova Scotia Policy and Provincial affairs where responsibility included management of new listing and renewals of existing agreements between Nova Scotia and Novartis.
- From Jan 2018 to Jan 2020 added role of Patient Stakeholder Manager for Melanoma and Breast Cancer patient advocacy groups. Educated groups on product launch and timelines for patient submissions as well as collaborated on disease awareness with events such as webinars or advisory boards.
- Member of IMC Private Payer Core Team: address burning issues in private market to engage in policy changes
- Successfully held first private payer adboard at Novartis.
- Part of negotiation team with PCPA ( won award for Accelerated Adoption of new product).
- Successful in achieving quick private listings.
- Collaborate with Save Your Skin for webinar on adjuvant melanoma.
- Potential for 360 million dollars from listings over 5 years
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart
07.1992 - 03.2020
- Strong knowledge private and public drug plans.
- Communicate with prescribers, hospital staff and home care providers. Instruct patients on correct way to use medical devices.
- *Instrumental in creating first home IV program in Essex County with VON
- Interpreted prescription orders, dispensed medications and counseled patients on medications.
- Recommended OTC devices or medication options to help mitigate individual symptoms
- Responded to questions and discussed side-effects of specific brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals
- Worked as preceptor mentor for students completing introductory and advanced pharmacy practicums
Pharmacy Services Consultant
Green Shield Canada
02.2009 - 08.2015
- Supervisor of Drug Special Authorization Department and Drug Pricing Department team of 9 unionized employees
- Collaborate with other departments claims, Customer Service, IT and Sales to create policies that would make Green Shield unique in a competitive market.
- Worked with Fraud department to investigate pharmacy claims data.. Communicate with providers, plan members, health care providers and plan sponsors on prior authorization criteria, coverage decisions, pricing and claims data.
- Keep up-to-date on government policies, provincial pricing, and pharmacist scope of practice.
- Create and implement products and administrative policies. Personally responsible for test strip policy, blister pack policy, high cost drug policy, adverse drug reaction policy and narcotic policy.
- Review and evaluate drug submissions to determine how and if new drug would be covered by Green Shield and different formularies: Conditional, Tiered
- Maintain relationships with external contacts such as plans sponsors, consultants, and representatives of drug manufacturers
- Presented at external finalist presentations.
- Increased client retention by providing personalized support and tailored solutions.
Oncology Pharmacist
Windsor Rregional Cancer Centre
04.2004 - 02.2009
- Dispense and counsel medication to cancer patients both oral take home and IV administered.
- Review inpatient chemotherapy orders.
- Participate in multidisciplinary committees to provide best patient care. Participate in meetings with other cancer centers in province as well as Cancer Care Ontario.
- Presented drug information and policy information to Cancer Centre Team Participated in new patient information session
- Engage with representative from pharmaceutical companies
- Created first Drug Navigator Position in Canada
- Oversee clinical trial .
Education
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Wayne State University
Detroit MichiganSkills
- First hand knowledge of complete prescription process starting from prescription order to insurance adjudication and ending with prescription in patients hand
- Well versed in public and private market, government relations, pharmaceutical industry, PSP programs, and patient advocacy groups
- Strong oncology background
- Skilled in negotiations Completed Scotwork
- Extremely strong people skills creating robust relationships in many industries
- Professional demeanor with unyielding integrity
Timeline
Director Payer and Stake Holder Relations
Incyte Biosciences Canada
01.2022 - Current
Sr. Manager Private Insurance
Bristol Myers Squibb
07.2020 - 12.2021
Manager Health Policy & Patient Access Private
Novartis Oncology
08.2015 - 06.2020
Pharmacy Services Consultant
Green Shield Canada
02.2009 - 08.2015
Oncology Pharmacist
Windsor Rregional Cancer Centre
04.2004 - 02.2009
Pharmacist
Shoppers Drug Mart
07.1992 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy
Wayne State University
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