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Can Innovative Contracting Turn High‑Cost Therapies into Sustainable Deals, Omar Ali?

In this thought‑provoking Market Access Podcast episode, host Stefan Walzer sits down with Omar Ali – Head of Payers at Vipora, former NICE advisor, and one of the sharpest minds in drug pricing and innovative contracting to unpack where drug pricing and reimbursement are really heading. 

They explore why cost‑effectiveness thresholds are making market access tougher than ever, how uncertainty around CAR‑T, gene therapies and orphan drugs fuels the “orphan bubble”, how innovative contracting and pay‑for‑performance can (sometimes) rescue multi‑million‑euro therapies and why the US is doing HTA at the end, not the beginning – with CMS negotiations, MFN and tariffs reshaping global pricing strategies. 

If you work in Market Access, pricing, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) or policy, this conversation will resonate with the pressures you feel every day.

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