Market Access Intelligence.
Built for Decision Speed.

VantEdge Access helps biopharma teams secure reimbursement, strengthen pricing strategy, and anticipate HTA outcomes—through senior level consulting and OMNIA, our AI-powered intelligence platform.

Evidence-driven. Payer-aligned. Launch-ready.

Senior market access leadership

Pricing, reimbursement, and HEOR expertise

Rare disease and specialty access focus

AI-enabled HTA intelligence across global markets

Our approach

We start where payers start.

We assess evidence through the lens of HTA decision-making, reimbursement constraints, and stakeholder incentives—then design strategies that hold up across markets.

Senior-led execution

No layers. No handoffs. Direct access leadership.

Payer-first thinking

Evidence and positioning built around what payers reward.

Integrated strategy

Clinical development, HEOR, pricing, and access—connected.

AI-enabled speed

OMNIA accelerates analogue intelligence and HTA learning.

Access is strategy.

We help teams treat access planning as a strategic advantage—not a late-stage obstacle.

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Incorporated in Illinois with hubs in Chicago⁠/⁠Oak Brook (US) and Paris (FR), VantEdge Access combines proprietary AI with deep consulting expertise across the USA*, Canada, EU-5 and other international markets**, leveraging one of the industry's largest HTA databases with 10,000+ reports and 1,200+ drugs covering all therapeutic areas.

*Covering ICER (Institute for Clinical and Economic Review) HTA reports and private US payer projects on-demand with rapid turnaround times.
**Other international markets include Argentina, Brazil, Australia, and others.

Market Access Strategy

Global and local strategies that align evidence, stakeholders, and reimbursement realities.

Pricing & Value

Defensible pricing corridors grounded in HTA logic and analogue outcomes.

HTA Intelligence (OMNIA)

AI-powered access intelligence built from global HTA decisions.

OMNIA

AI-Powered HTA Intelligence for Market Access Teams

HTA intelligence at the speed of strategy.

OMNIA transforms HTA reports into decision-ready intelligence—so your team can move faster with confidence.

The HTA landscape is too complex for manual research.

OMNIA provides rapid access insights across global markets and therapeutic areas.

Search

Find HTA decisions, reimbursement outcomes, and payer rationale across markets.

Compare

Benchmark analogues and identify patterns across drugs, indications, and countries.

Ask

Use an AI assistant to query HTA reports directly.

Export

Generate outputs designed for internal presentations and strategy decks.

Designed for teams who make high-stakes decisions

Value & Access HEOR Commercial Strategy Medical Affairs Evidence Development Business Development

OMNIA doesn't replace expertise. It amplifies it.

Built for senior teams that need speed without sacrificing rigor.

Outcomes & Market Navigation through Intelligent Analytics

OMNIA provides instant access to 10,000+ HTA reports and 1,200+ drugs covering all therapeutic areas across the USA, Canada, EU-5 and other international markets. Need something now? We compile any additional product dossier for you within hours.

What clients achieve

Stronger payer positioning earlier in development

Faster access planning and launch readiness

More confident pricing and negotiation strategy

Improved alignment across access, medical, and commercial teams

Reduced reimbursement risk across markets

Strategic Access Solutions

Focused engagements built around the decisions that determine reimbursement outcomes.

Early Development & TPP Strategy

Align your clinical development strategy with payer expectations before it becomes expensive to change.

  • TPP optimization
  • Endpoint and comparator strategy
  • Early value story development
  • Payer insights and advisory boards

Pricing & Valuation Strategy

Define pricing corridors that reflect real-world HTA logic and analogue outcomes.

  • Value-based pricing assessment
  • Analogue benchmarking
  • Cross-market pricing strategy
  • Pricing risk and sensitivity analysis

HEOR & Evidence Strategy

Evidence packages built to withstand HTA review and reimbursement scrutiny.

  • Cost-effectiveness modeling (CEA)
  • Budget impact analysis (BIA)
  • RWE strategy and study design
  • HTA-aligned evidence gap planning

Launch Readiness & Access Planning

Structured market access roadmaps across markets and stakeholders.

  • Access readiness assessment
  • Market development plans
  • Stakeholder engagement planning
  • Reimbursement pathway strategy

Access Risk Mitigation

Identify access barriers early. Prioritize them. Solve them.

  • Risk scoring and prioritization
  • Forecast impact assessment
  • Mitigation strategy development
  • Tailored payer solutions

HTA Intelligence & Analytics

Faster insights. Better strategy. Stronger execution.

  • HTA intelligence and analogue analysis
  • Market comparisons and trend insights
  • AI-enabled extraction through OMNIA
  • Export-ready outputs for leadership teams

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Leadership with real-world access experience.

VantEdge Access is led by market access professionals who have shaped strategy across major pharma, biotech, and specialty markets.

Kasem Akhras

Kasem S Akhras, PharmD

CEO & Co-Founder

Market access executive, strategist, author, and international speaker with deep expertise across pricing, reimbursement, HEOR, and payer engagement.

Well‑published, including the authoritative book Frontiers in Market Access and as contributing author in Development of Gene Therapies. Excels in corporate strategy and high‑level stakeholder engagement, ensuring innovative treatments reach patients across diverse market archetypes.

Emmanuel Lo

Emmanuel Lo, MSc

CTO & Co-Founder

AI and analytics leader specializing in market access intelligence, platform development, and strategic decision support.

Educated at Columbia University (Master's in Management Science) and École des Ponts ParisTech (Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Finance). Founder of Access Explorer, he spearheads AI‑driven analytics to transform market‑access consulting worldwide.

Small team. Senior attention. High-impact delivery.

We are built for speed, precision, and accountability.

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Our Senior Advisors

Sarah Liu

Sarah Liu, MBA

Commercial Strategy Advisor

Sarah is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years of commercial operations leadership in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. She is Chief Commercial Officer at uMETHOD, a company that uses AI to improve healthcare delivery. Previously, she was Chief Commercial Officer at 9Meters Biopharma, a publicly held biotech focused on rare gastrointestinal diseases.

Prior to 9Meters, Ms. Liu was Vice President of Global Marketing and Vice President of New Product Planning at Novartis Gene Therapies. Earlier in her career, she held senior commercial leadership roles at Melinta Therapeutics, Takeda, and Abbott. Sarah earned an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Northwestern University.

Kimary Kulig

Kimary Kulig, PhD, MPH

Oncology Strategy Advisor

Kimary Kulig's professional career spans academic, non-profit, large pharma, and biotech start-up ecosystems. Owner and Principal of Kulig Consulting, she provides advice and services to companies developing oncology products. Additionally, she offers professional navigation services to cancer patients as My Biomarker Navigator®.

Kimary applied her unique training in immunology, molecular oncology, and epidemiology for 22 years at both Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb, between which she was Vice President at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) overseeing all operations of its Outcomes Research Database.

As Head of Oncology Clinical Research at Verily Life Sciences (Google), Kimary led digital pathology AI algorithm development. Kimary received her PhD from New York University's Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and her MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Juan Carlos Alandete

Juan Carlos Alandete, MD, MPH

Market Access & AI Strategy Advisor

Juan Carlos Alandete is a healthcare executive with over 15 years of global market access leadership experience. He specializes in integrating artificial intelligence into healthcare strategies to streamline market access and optimize outcomes.

Previously, Juan Carlos served as Global Senior Director at Sanofi, where he spearheaded AI-driven market access solutions, significantly enhancing economic outcomes. His expertise includes health technology assessments, pricing strategy, evidence generation, and stakeholder engagement across the US and major European markets.

Juan Carlos holds an MD from Universidad Javeriana, an MPH from Emory University with a focus in Health Economics, and a Machine Learning certification from MIT.

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