Harpreet Ram
President & Executive Director GARDaccess
Harpreet Ram is President and Founder of EVR Consulting, established in 2011, specializing in enhancing Global Medical Affairs capabilities within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Recognized for driving operational excellence and transformative progress, she has recently focused on improving access to rare disease therapies in low-to-middle-income countries. She founded the Global Alliance for Rare Disease Access (GARDaccess) under the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD), fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration to create sustainable pathways for delivering essential medications to underserved populations.
Seminars
- Balancing fairness and feasibility when demand for access exceeds available supply
- Exploring ethical and operational challenges in paid-for EAP models, and understanding their implications for patient trust and regulatory compliance
- Design patient-centric governance approaches that balance transparency, feasibility, and sustainability in complex access scenarios
- Managing expectations and communication with patients, physicians, and advocacy groups when programs evolve, wind down, or require difficult trade-offs
This rapid-fire session cuts through common misconceptions around chargeable expanded access to focus on what’s possible and what actually works. Drawing on real-world experience, explore charging for investigational products, reference pricing, affordability, cost recovery, payer types, and other topics. Practical insight, grounded in real programs.
