Helena Koa

Research & Project Management

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Trade Commissioner at Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    The Trade Commissioner Service helps Canadian businesses export worldwide. The Trade Commissioner provides efficient, fair and customer-centric service to Canadian businesses.

  • Manager, Market Access at PDCI Market Access Inc.
    Apr 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Responsible for the management and preparation of reimbursement submissions on behalf of PDCI’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients and contribute to Pricing and Market Access assessments. Retired from the bio-pharmaceutical industry in summer 2021.

  • Business Development Analyst, Strategic Partnerships and International Relations at Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
    Jan 2017 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Support the CIHR's partnership and business development strategies by sourcing information, synthesizing them and providing recommendations on sectors and organizations that could potentially collaborate with CIHR by co-funding a strategic health research initiative. Initiatives supported include Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2, Cannabis Integrated Research Strategy, Artificial Intelligence and collaborations with international health research funders.

  • Market Access Manager at Ascensia Diabetes Care
    Aug 2014 - Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    On January 5, 2016, the sale of Bayer Diabetes Care to Panasonic Healthcare closed, creating the stand-alone company, Ascensia Diabetes Care. Developed local market access strategies for the Contour NEXT blood glucose monitoring system with the goal of delaying changes to the pricing and reimbursement of the blood glucose test strips and optimizing the uptake of a new bluetooth-enabled glucometer.

  • Consultant and Research Manager at Drug Intelligence Inc.
    May 2012 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Provide intelligence, strategic insights and custom programs to specialty pharmaceutical companies through a combination of data collected from patient chart reviews, qualitative discussions with specialist physicians, scanning of the environment and review of the scientific literature.