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Saku Torvinen joins MedEngine to launch Market Access services

 

MedEngine Oy announced today that Saku Torvinen, PhD, joins MedEngine Oy as Director of Market Access. At MedEngine, he will be responsible for the launch of Market Access services, which combine MedEngine’s medical data science and content creation capabilities with in-depth strategic market access expertise.

Saku Torvinen has extensive experience in demanding market access positions, both internationally and within Finland. He joins MedEngine from Takeda, where he was the Head of Patient Value and Access & Public Policy, a unit known for groundbreaking data-driven access projects. Prior to that, he was European Director of Pricing and Market Access at Teva Europe, where he was responsible for innovative respiratory products at the European level.

”We could not think of a better person to lead our Market Access services.”

“We could not think of a better person to lead our Market Access services”, says Tero Ylisaukko-oja, CEO of MedEngine: “Saku has a unique ability to combine strategic thinking with data know-how into a compelling package. He has a profound understanding of the European market access landscape and the capability to design advanced solutions for even the most challenging cases.”

MedEngine is known as a premium provider of medical data science and scientific content & digital media solutions in the Nordic region. The newly launched Market Access services consist of strategy design, value demonstration, health economic modeling, and management of the pricing and reimbursement processes.

”I’m thrilled to join MedEngine’s team of experts. MedEngine combines medical research, health-economic expertise, and scientific content creation in a very unique way.”

“I’m thrilled to join MedEngine’s team of experts. MedEngine combines medical research, health-economic expertise, and scientific content creation in a very unique way, which is a perfect foundation for building market access services for local and international customers”, Saku Torvinen says. He will start at MedEngine in April 2021.

About MedEngine

MedEngine is a digitally minded, people-first, premium service provider for the pharmaceutical industry, which is built upon extensive academic expertise and years of experience in the industry. MedEngine creates strategic solutions to accelerate medical business by combining services in the fields of Medical Data Science, Market Access, and Scientific Content & Digital Media Solutions. MedEngine’s customers are the world’s leading pharmaceutical and health technology companies and innovative healthcare start-up companies. MedEngine has offices in Helsinki (Finland), Copenhagen (Denmark), and Lund (Sweden) as well as an extensive scientific network across the Nordic region.

For more information, please visit www.medengine.fi or follow us on Twitter @MedEngineAgency.

 

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Tero Ylisaukko-oja
MedEngine Oy
CEO, Founder

tero@medengine.fi
+358 40 901 2975

Tero Ylisaukko-oja

Tero Ylisaukko-oja

Known for his creative thinking and passion for complex projects, MedEngine CEO and Founder Tero Ylisaukko-oja seeks out clients who are willing to innovate and challenge both him and themselves. Outside of MedEngine Tero enjoys everything Italian, be it food, wine, soccer, the Mediterranean sea, or small cars with character. His family includes his wife Niina, two sons, and dachshunds Gunnar and Bruno.