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Dr Stefan Walzer

founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH (Germany), P&N - Pricing and Negotiations in Health Care Ltd. (Canada) and mAxInsights Ltd (The Netherlands).


Dr Stefan Walzer

Dr Stefan Walzer has worked in this area of payer strategy, pricing, health economics and reimbursement since 2004. He is the founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH (Germany), P&N – Pricing and Negotiations in Health Care Ltd. (Canada) and mAxInsights Ltd (The Netherlands). He previously worked as a payer consultant for various global pharmaceutical and medical device / diagnostic companies, successfully launching their products across the world.

He also teaches market access and health technology assessment at the State University of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the University of Applied Sciences Weingarten-Ravensburg (Germany).

Dr Walzer received a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Tuebingen (Germany), a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and a Diploma in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). He is a co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and more than 300 scientific abstracts.

Dr Walzer is also the editor of the book “Digital Health in Germany” and co-author of various other book chapters in market access and digital health.

Furthermore, he hosts the one and only Market Access Podcast MAP: https://map-market-access.captivate.fm/listen

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