Sarah Bermingham

Global Health Economics Lead at Takeda

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

Experience

  • Director, Global Health Economics Lead at Takeda
    Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    > Designing and delivering evidence for therapies to treat rare neurological diseases.

  • Symmetron Limited ()
    • Head of Business Strategy and Innovation
      Dec 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

      > Promoted to lead company’s first major strategic and operational initiative. > Developed long-term vision and key performance metrics in partnership with CEO. > Delivered plan to 3x revenue by identifying over 30 opportunities, developing integrated business cases, and leading collaborative process to select new services. > Guided team to define company mission, values, and expectations for each role, resulting in positive changes that were recognized as transformational by staff and external consultants. > Created product plan, budget, and go-to-market strategy for two new offerings.

    • Manager, Health Economics and Outcomes Research
      Dec 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

      > Senior member of leadership team, focused on cultivating client relationships, project and people management, finding opportunities to improve and grow current business, and ensuring operational and methodological excellence. > Led end-to-end project management with the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, Otsuka, LEO, Medtronic and more.

    • Senior Health Economics and Outcomes Research Consultant
      Mar 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      > Technical expert consulting with pharmaceutical companies o design and deliver original research to support new drugs and devices. > Specialized in earning new business by generating solutions to most challenging problems: creating original analytical frameworks, connecting dots unseen by others, rapidly synthesizing complex information. > Created time and cost savings by championing adoption of new research software.

  • Associate, Health Economics and Outcomes Research at University of Toronto
    Sep 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

    > Academic partner appointed to generate data-driven insights and inform budget decisions at Health Quality Ontario, a government agency working to improve value across the health system. > Helped identify $250 million in savings by designing real world evidence analyses. > Advised decision-makers on the uptake and removal of medical services and devices in Ontario. > Contributed key insights for payment negotiations between government and doctors. > Presented methodological contributions at several international conferences. > Co-tutored an MSc course in healthcare decision analysis with Dr. Murray Krahn.

  • NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ()
    • Senior Health Economist
      Mar 2012 - Aug 2012 · 6 mos

      > Senior Health Economist at the NICE National Clinical Guideline Centre. > Represented NICE at external stakeholder consultations and guideline development meetings.

    • Health Economist
      Feb 2010 - Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      > Core technical team member on two NICE Clinical Guidelines. > Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define research priorities and develop evidence to support over 60 recommendations that directly impact patients in the UK National Health Service.

  • Clinical Study Coordinator at Women's College Hospital
    Jan 2008 - Sep 2008 · 9 mos

    > Study coordinator and research analyst at the Canadian Osteoarthritis Research Program. > Collected data from patients and surgeons across three Toronto sites for a multi-national trial. > Conducted qualitative analyses of patient interviews which contributed to new theory of OA pain.