Dana Corsen

Dana Corsen

Team Lead - Market Access & Government Affairs @ AbbVie

About

My career reflects a deep commitment to positively shaping policy, navigating complex health systems and fostering partnerships that create scalable and sustainable solutions to improve patient care & outcomes. I excel in building lasting, trusted relationships that drive solutions to advance value-based healthcare. I adeptly navigate complex legislative and regulatory landscapes, propelling policy changes & achieving measurable impact through strategic planning, operational excellence & cross-sector coalition building. I am a passionate servant leader, cultivating growth-oriented environments where teams & initiatives thrive. Known as a big-picture thinker & change agent, I balance visionary strategy with practical advances that improve health systems and patient access. Areas of Expertise: • Government Affairs, Market Access & Stakeholder Management • Value-Based Healthcare Policy Development • Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration • Certified Market Access Professional (CAHR designation) • Public Policy Advocacy & Coalition Building • Health System Readiness for Innovative Treatment Implementation • Precision Medicine, Specialty & Rare Disease Advocacy • Commercial & Diagnostic Launch Strategy • Strategic Communications, Issues & Reputation Management • Patient and HCP Organization Partnerships • Industry Representation and Association Committee Leadership Career Highlights: - Transformed industry relationship and economic partnership with Ontario government officials, including Premier’s Office, ministries, and agencies securing landmark $500M jobs investment and joint announcement via live press conference from Roche offices in October 2020. - Played instrumental role in obtaining Ontario government public commitment to develop novel accelerated patient access pathway as part of Premier’s Council of Federation meeting in 2024. - Established and led national strategic precision medicine industry alliance to improve access to oncology and rare genomic testing, resulting in breakthrough funding for 30+ new biomarkers and future framework. - Delivered strategic leadership to secure 20+ pCPA letters of intent and dozens of product listing agreements across 9 provinces and 3 federal drug programs, representing $2B+ in revenues. - Recipient of 3 industry association awards, including “Value of Industry Champion” in 2022 and “GR Team of the Year” in 2022 and 2024. If you’re looking for a dynamic and collaborative leader, passionate about shaping impactful solutions that create a win-win for all stakeholders, let’s connect.

Country

Canada

City

Oakville

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Publications, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Evidence-based Medicine, Public-private Partnerships, Rare Diseases, Oncology, Contract Management, Coaching, Business Strategy, Brand Management, Business Intelligence (BI), Team Mentoring, Presentation Skills, Government Advocacy, Government Contracting, Public Speaking, Executive-level Communication, Healthcare Policy, Driving Results, Stakeholder Management

Experience

AbbVie

Team Lead - Market Access & Government Affairs

AbbVie

LinkedIn
2025 - Present · 1 yr

Canada

• Manage all public payer and policy related issues through direct staff of Field Managers, Market Access and Government Affairs (West, Central and East Canada) • Oversee all AbbVie provincial payer reimbursement files. Support the development and implementation of annual plan for all public payer customer plans in Canada. • Oversee all provinces healthcare payer policy & reimbursement files.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Team Lead - Strategic Access

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

LinkedIn
2022 - Present · 4 yrs

I held this position until November 2024 Oversaw national (ex-Quebec) team in development and implementation of integrated regional access strategies, policy initiatives, and advocacy campaigns as member of leadership group. Secured optimal provincial and federal coverage for J&J portfolio of products with public payers. • Led cross-functional teams and provided strategic counsel for access maintenance, market entry preparations, patient program implementation, and negotiation planning for 15+ products and 25+ unique indications in oncology and specialty medicines • Served as tenured member of Ontario Innovative Medicines Canada industry team, leading work on accelerated patient access pathways, product listing red-tape reduction, precision medicine testing, rare disease funding, and life sciences economic sector strategy.

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Senior Strategic Access Manager - Ontario

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

LinkedIn
2021 - 2022 · 1 yr

• Primary lead responsible for maintaining and securing Ontario public reimbursement for the entire JnJ portfolio of products in the Oncology & Specialty market including payer relations, submissions, negotiations and listing pull through. • Cross-functional leadership and valued contributor to several local and global level GR/Access related initiatives including precision medicine, value-based healthcare and biosimilar policy.

Roche

Senior Manager, Government Relations & Public Policy

Roche

LinkedIn
2017 - 2021 · 4 yrs

• Directed and enabled a broad range of vital market access strategy and policy initiatives including key stakeholder engagement to shape and successfully secure timely patient access to innovative treatments and maintenance of reimbursement for late lifecycle products across the Oncology and Specialty portfolio. • Built and fostered a broad range of vital stakeholder relationships at the political, public administration and health system leader level to positively shape innovation adoption, healthcare system reform and a positive market access landscape while successfully demonstrating a valued role for the life sciences sector as an economic driver.

Roche

Senior Manager, Government Relations & Health Policy - PIPELINE

Roche

LinkedIn
2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

Mississauga, ON

• Conceptualized and directed the creation of national therapeutic policy strategies advocating for and demonstrating value based healthcare principles for the adoption of innovation to support health care system sustainability • Facilitating positive market entry and access conditions for pipeline products in Precision Medicine, CNS, Hemophilia & Ophthalmology.

Roche

Senior Product Manager - Oncology & Precision Medicine

Roche

LinkedIn
2012 - 2016 · 4 yrs

Mississauga, ON

• Managed strategic cross-functional product lifecycle teams including oversight of launch readiness, annual business planning, commercial budget, P&L accountability and overall marketing management. • • Increasing responsibility and brand leadership across Oncology portfolio in Melanoma, Lung & Hematology portfolio of precision medicines • Exceeding revenue and profitability targets while setting new Oncology treatment and diagnostic standards and better outcomes for patients.

AstraZeneca

Marketing Manager - ONCOLOGY

AstraZeneca

LinkedIn
2010-5 - 2012-1 · 1 yr 9 mos

Mississauga, ON

• Oversaw and managed full commercial life cycle, strategic business planning, DME budget, and P&L accountability for Breast cancer portfolio. • Strategically led deployment for $50M in sales exceeding revenue and profitability targets.

AstraZeneca

Marketing Manager - CARDIOLOGY

AstraZeneca

LinkedIn
2008-12 - 2010-5 · 1 yr 6 mos

Mississauga, ON

• Led strategic planning, development and execution of most important commercial indication launch for largest and most critical corporate brand - CRESTOR ($625M in sales for 2010). • Led deployment of JUPITER indication launch plan resulting in 24% YOY growth and unprecedented 2.2% TRx market share lift in largest existing pharmaceutical class against largest generic market entry LIPITOR in the same fiscal quarter.

AstraZeneca

National Manager - CHE

AstraZeneca

LinkedIn
2002-9 - 2008-12 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Mississauga, ON

• Created and executed accredited medical education at a National level for the most critical portfolio to the company. Oversaw strategic deployment of $1.5M yearly Medical Education budget. • Managed field educational plans related to 45 sales territories ensuring brand strategy was cohesively synergized to achieve National sales targets while delivering regional leadership and perspective to optimize patient care and outcomes.

Integrated HealthCare Communications

Key Account Manager

Integrated HealthCare Communications

2000 - 2002 · 2 yrs

Toronto, ON

• Responsible for account oversight of consultative marketing communications and educational initiatives to Rx&D companies on strategic business planning and tactical execution to achieve annual brand sales objectives. • Created, coordinated and executed commercial launch planning workshops, KOL Advisory Boards, CHE Train-the Trainer meetings, Focus Groups and Accredited Educational programs.

Education

Concordia University

Concordia University

LinkedIn

Political Science

St. Francis Xavier University

St. Francis Xavier University

LinkedIn

Adult Education

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