General Manager of Roche (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the pharmaceutical division of Roche.

Deepti brings with her 21 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in India, Thailand, Malaysia and APAC. She has worked across multiple disease areas including Primary care, Oncology, Comprehensive Genomic Profiling, I2O and Nephrology. She has worked to establish a rural healthcare commercial model in India and has developed a comprehensive and integrated access strategy for Roche in India. In Thailand, she worked with the Thai healthcare system to implement the Thai Genomics version 4.0 enabling Thai patients to have better outcomes with personalized healthcare. She played a key role in above-country ecosystem-shaping initiatives such as Mission Leapfrog to establish an integrated network with external stakeholders and partners for Thailand and Phillipines. She has exposure across international markets through her work on health technology solutions that help build the healthcare infrastructure of the future.

In Malaysia she has enabled and progressed breast cancer decentralisation with MOH, Broader value recognition with MOH and enabled access to the innovative portfolio of Roche. She has build strong relationships with key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical ecosystem.

In PHAMA her contributions include setting clear directions for our clinical research and access, procurement committees along with her co leads. She has been passionate about leading broader value recognition and including societal impact in the access pathways so that patients have a choice of innovative therapies in the public setting. She believes PHAMA should invest proactively in creating an ecosystem where access to patients is equitable and we are creating an ecosystem and policies that provide a level playing field to PHAMA members.

She is also deeply committed to building a culture that empowers decision making, whilst encouraging innovation and experimentation that benefit patients. Deepti is very passionate when it comes to Women’s healthcare and women’s leadership in APAC.

Deepti graduated in Microbiology & Biotechnology from Mumbai and holds an MBA in Marketing and e-Business.

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