Badr Merdassi

Relationship-driven Market Access Consultant | Policy Analysis, Payer Insights, Stakeholder Engagement | I help pharma/biotech secure reimbursement & improve patient access from R&D to commercialization

Role
Associate, Market Access Consulting & Heor at Fortrea
Location
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Badr Merdassi

Quadrilingual early‑career professional (Biology & Economics, Wake Forest) with a global upbringing (Tunisia/Germany) and study at Cambridge University (UK). Associate Consultant for Market Access & Health Policy, helping Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies translate policy and payer signals into pricing, access and reimbursement decisions. I worked on cross-country stakeholder research, informing market‑access strategies for complex therapies (rare disease, gene therapy, oncology, hematology). I enjoy building systems, asking better questions, and delivering solutions.

Experience

  1. Associate, Market Access Consulting & Heor

    Fortrea

    Oct 2024 — Present

    Developed and managed policy-surveillance tools for tracking updates from FDA, CDC, HHS, and CMS.• Streamlined workflows, saving over 240 hours annually and improving ad hoc client engagement and retention.• Analyzed the implications of major legislation and evolving trends on clients’ drugs, and delivered daily executive briefs on policy impacts for 50+ drugs and biologics across therapeutic areas.• Coordinated EU-wide stakeholder research, conducting 20+ provider interviews to inform client sales and positioning strategies.

Education

  • University of Cambridge

    Semester abroad

    2023 — 2023

  • Wake Forest University

    Bachelor of Science - Biology / Bachelor of Arts - Economics - Deans’s List.

    2020 — 2024

  • Pierre Mendès France High School

    French Baccalaureate

    2017 — 2020

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