Carina Schey BPharm, MSc, PhD

Carina Schey has many years of both pharmaceutical industry and clinical pharmacy experience. She is a consultant health economist based in Switzerland, also currently pursuing research through the University of Groningen, PharmacoEconomics and PharmacoEpidemiology Unit in the Netherlands. The primary focus of her research is developing ways of demonstrating the true value of orphan drugs, as alternative options to standard cost-effectiveness studies. Carina was a clinical pharmacist with a special interest in rare diseases, having worked at several leading London hospitals. Between 2002 and 2008, Carina designed and implemented patient-focused homecare services on behalf of the UK NHS to patients with rare diseases.
Carina has published several peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. Notable speaking engagements include the European Parliament “Patients’ Rights Day” and “The Chronic Diseases” conference, both in 2015, and several other rare Diseases conferences. Carina sits on the expert judges’ panel for the MassChallenge and on the scientific advisory panels for several charities, and as non-executive director for healthcare organisations.