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Everything we do is led by our company values of integrity, being patient centric, taking ownership, delivering results and communicating openly. These values are essential to Astellas’ relationship with its employees and now is an exciting time to join us as we continue to evolve as a cutting-edge, value driven life sciences innovator.

Purpose and Scope:

Head- market Access & Government Affairs supports and reports to the General Manager. The person in this role is accountable for the effective implementation of the local strategy.



Working with cross-functional teams to develop the national reimbursement strategic plan & tactics for launch products and align the strategy with cross-functions to maximize patient access is the core of the role.
Key areas include localizing market access and pricing strategy, understanding, and tracking local healthcare system developments and identifying recent opportunities for product access to company’ life-saving products for patients in the country for new pipeline and current products in India.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Healthcare System Knowledge
• Has a deep understanding of how political, economic, social and legal contexts determine how health systems operate and are influenced.
• Acquires knowledge of the Pricing, Reimbursement, Funding and Procurement mechanics of the local health care system(s) (processes, evidence needs and guiding regulatory and legal principles etc.)
• Understands decision-making processes and trends in health care financing and policy.
• Understands how health system(s) incentivize

📌 Head, Market Access (Mumbai)
🏢 Astellas Pharma
📍 Mumbai