Ozlem Yilmaz
Head, Medical Affairs (Growth Markets; Central Eastern Europe & Middle East & North Africa) Eisai Co., Ltd.
A. Ozlem Yilmaz is a strategic medical affairs leader specialising in emerging and growth markets, with deep expertise in expanding access across complex and underserved regions. She focuses on building medical and access strategies in markets across MENA and Central & Eastern Europe, working closely with local authorities, partners, and cross-functional teams to enable sustainable patient access. Ozlem brings strong experience in managed access, launch strategy, and stakeholder alignment, helping organisations navigate diverse healthcare systems while delivering treatments to patients in need. She is also actively engaged in advancing innovation, with an interest in AI and precision medicine.
Seminars
- Planning access continuity when supply, shipment, or legality changes abruptly due to war, sanctions, or natural disasters
- Defining internal decision-making frameworks for when access must continue, adapt, or stop under crisis conditions
- Managing ethical, legal, and reputational risk when patient need conflicts with external constraints
- Establishing escalation, documentation, and communication approaches for crisis-driven access decision
- Leveraging alternative access routes and managed access pathways across CEE, MENA, and developing markets
- Collaborating with authorities to unlock patient access through flexible and locally adapted solutions
- Balancing patient need, government priorities, and long-term programme sustainability
- Practical lessons from delivering access across diverse healthcare systems and economic environments
