Market Access experts for pharma, biotech, and medtech

Market Access

Welcome to the Arex Market Access team. We are experienced specialists in strategy development and reimbursement applications for companies in pharma, biotech, and medtech.

Staffan Thunell

Founding partner

BSc Economics and BA

Susanne Schuurman

Partner
Head of Market Specific Services

MSc Health Economics

Portait of Emily Staaf Senior Consultant Market Access at Arex Advisor

Emily Staaf

MSc Public Health with Health Economics

Unnur Sverrisdottir

MSc Pharm

Staffan Thunell

Founding partner

BSc Economics and BA

Staffan has a long background in entrepreneurship within the life science industry. He has 20+ years experience from posit­ions as Founder, Chair­man, CEO and CFO within medical affairs consulting and small pharma. Previously Staffan worked in executive positions in big pharma and specialty pharma companies.

Susanne Schuurman

Partner
Head of Market Specific Services

MSc Health Economics

Susanne specializes in strategic market access and HTA. Her expertise includes strategic landscape assessments, development of reimbursement dossiers and stakeholder interactions. She has experience as project manager for a variety of strategic market access projects, from phase II to post-marketing. She has previously worked at a global consultancy firm.

Emily Staaf

MSc Public Health with Health Economics

Emily specialises in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) with a comprehensive skill set for strategic and operational market access projects. Her experience spans both the pharmaceutical and MedTech sectors, in the Nordic region as well as global markets. Emily has an excellent understanding of the Nordic pricing and reimbursement systems, real world evidence, medical writing, and economic modelling.

Prior to joining Arex, she worked as a Senior HEOR Specialist at Cencora PharmaLex. Emily is a graduate of the University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University, and the University of Manchester. She is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Unnur Sverrisdottir

MSc Pharm

Unnur specializes in market access and regulatory affairs. Her primary focus is on market access for the Nordic markets and ethical review of promotional materials. Unnur is from Iceland and received her degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Iceland. She previously worked at Teva/Actavis and Alvogen.