INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACCESS

This course aims to understand the market access plan and process from before the clinical trials phase to launch, including strategies and tactics.

In this sense, it aims to:

• enable professionals working, or with an interest, in the area of health technology assessment, to deepen their knowledge in the area of market access in Portugal and globally;
• explain, in a practical way, the process of evaluation and decision on price and co-payment of medicines, considering the diverse reality of decision-makers and payers nationally and internationally, through the sharing of experience by international experts;
• provide the participation of trainees in the resolution of cases based on the reality of the various stakeholders and national, European and international decision-makers.
• provide health professionals, with and without previous experience in the area of market access, with knowledge of the areas of HEOR, Market Access at National and Global RWD/RWE level.

This course is especially aimed at professionals with a background in economics, health and marketing with or without previous experience in the areas of market access, HEOR and RWD/RWE.

This course will take place entirely in a distance learning format (e-learning) and attendance at the course requires high fluency in English language.

Coordination:

Maria Beatriz da Silva Lima, Full Professor da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa

Hélder Dias Mota Filipe, Full Professor da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa

Ana Filipa Alexandre, MSc in Public Health, Health Economics Stream by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Alexandre Baptista, MSc in Heath Economics, Universidade de York (UK) and MSc in Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa

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Legislation:

Regulamento n.º 638/2016 – Regulamento dos Cursos Não Conferentes de Grau da Faculdade de Farmácia da ULisboa

This course will run from September 16, 2025 to February 24, 2026, and will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. (GMT time).

The course consistes of two session per week and will be entirely in distance learning (e-learning) format.

The course has a total of 92 hours of training, equivalent to a total of 10 ECTS.

The training hours are distributed as follows:

• Theoretical training hours: 80 hours
• Practical Hours: 12 hours
• Tutorial Hours: 05 hours

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INTERNACIONAL MARKET ACCESS COURSE PROGRAM

TakinTaking place entirely in e-learning format, with KOLs at local and global level, successful completion of the course will equip the student with the necessary skills in the areas of HEOR assessment, Market Access at local and global level in the European, American, Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese and Persian Gulf markets and RWD/RWE.g place entirely in an distance learning (e-learning) format, successful completion of the course will equip the student with the necessary skills in the areas of health technology assessment, pricing decisions and cost-sharing in national, European and international markets.

EVALUATION:

The assessment will be based on the elaboration of a group case study.

Application Period: from February 15, 2025 to August 31, 2025

Course start and end dates: September 16, 2025 to February 24, 2026

Applicant Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in an area relevant to the course syllabus.

Selection and seriation criteria:

Academic degree and adequacy of professional experience with the candidate’s course programme.

• Minimum number of trainees for operation: 15
• Maximum number of trainees for operation: 32

Required Documents for Application: Document proving possession of a bachelor’s degree and Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Please Note: the course has as an essential requirement of English language proficiency and of online access, with camera and sound, in a reserved environment.

Application Fees and Tuition:

• Application fee: 10€ (Note: the application fee will not be refunded if the candidate is excluded or not selected).
• Course Tuition: 3.950,00€ (*)
• School Insurance Fee: 2,10€

(*) Candidates who wish to do so may request a Phased Payment Plan for their Tuition fee by contacting Academic Services at cncg@ff.ulisboa.pt.

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Application Process:

Applications for the course are made exclusively through the FenixEdu Platform of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFUL).

Access to the FenixEdu Platform:

• If you have never been a student at FFUL you must pre-register on the FenixEdu Platform.
• If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have already had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you should access the FenixEdu Platform and authenticate yourself with your account data. If you have lost access to your account, you can recover your password in the ULisboa users area.
• If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have never had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you must send an email to cncg@ff.ulisboa.pt indicating your full name and ID document number.

Access the FenixEdu Platform.

• On the tab “Candidate”, choose the type of application: “Non Degree Courses”, select the desired course.
• Fill out the online form and attach all the required documents in digital format. In the application process you can indicate whether you want the invoice to be issued in the name of another entity/company/institution.
• Select the “Submit” option.

Applications will only be validated by the Academic Services once the applicant has paid the Application Fee.

For information regarding the application process and the course organization, please contact the Academic Services: cncg@ff.ulisboa.pt