Dr. Stefan Walzer

The AI for Pharma Market Access Course

With Dr. Stefan Walzer

Course Details

AI is revolutionising the pharma market access process, driving unprecedented levels of productivity, efficiency and impact. The extent to which AI will enhance your role and career depends on how effectively and strategically you apply it.

The path to success lies in learning, collaborating, experimenting, and growing through real-world applications.

This 2-day course is your fast track to mastering the current use of the most powerful AI tools in market access. You'll gain practical insights and expert advice on applying AI effectively and confidently in your market access role.

  • Learn from a seasoned AI-Pharma Market Access expert, ready to address your specific challenges and questions.

  • Gain hands-on practice during group work on a business case that runs through the course.

  • Engage with your international peers, exchanging experiences and participating in deep-dive discussions.

  • Accelerate your career by staying ahead of the curve in this game-changing field.

Don’t miss this opportunity to take your market access role to the next level with AI-driven solutions.

  1. Master the essentials of AI in pharma market access: Understand key terminology, explore the transformative impact of AI, and tackle industry-specific challenges.

  2. Integrate AI-driven tools with confidence: Learn how to seamlessly incorporate AI into market access processes to boost efficiency and achieve superior outcomes.

  3. Discover the best AI systems for your needs: Get an overview of available AI technologies, along with their pros and cons, tailored to pharma market access applications.

  4. Gain hands-on experience with AI in action: Participate in practical exercises using AI-driven tools for market access planning, systematic literature reviews, dossier writing, and payer negotiations.
    (Features a real-life prostate cancer case study to simulate and solve real-world challenges across the market access lifecycle.)

  5. Learn from your peers in pharma market access: Benefit from peer insights as they will share their challenges, experiences, and innovative solutions.

 

 

To see the detailed agenda, please submit your details in the form below the table.

Day 1
10:00Welcome & Introductions
10:30Understanding AI and How it is Transforming Pharma Market Access
11:00Coping With Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Challenges 
11:45Using AI for Early Market Access Planning 
12:15Lunch Break
13:15Using AI for Early Market Access Planning - Group work on a Prostate Cancer Case 
14:15Using AI for Systematic Literature Research (SLR) 
15:00Using AI for SLR - Group Work on a Prostate Cancer Case 
16:00Using LLMs For Health Economic Models 
16:30Wrap-up of Day 1 – Final Q&A
16:45Close Day 1
 
Day 2
09:00Recap of Day 1
09:30Using AI For Reimbursement Dossier Writing 
10:45Preparation of National & Regional Payer Launch With AI (Part 1)
12:00Lunch Break
13:00Preparation of National & Regional Payer Launch With AI (Part 2)
14:00What Would Be The Future of AI in Market Access? 
15:15Closing Remarks
15:30End of Course

 

To see the detailed agenda, please submit your details in the form below:

  • As the founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, Dr. Stefan Walzer initiated the application of AI platforms and tools in the area of market access to revolutionise dossier preparation, payer negotiations, and strategic decision-making.

  • Dr. Walzer's impressive career includes pivotal roles such as Global Payer Strategy Leader at F. Hoffmann – La Roche AG, author of over 40 peer-reviewed articles and 400 abstracts, as well as a recognised lecturer on market access, pricing, and negotiation at leading universities in Germany. 

  • Dr. Walzer holds a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Zurich, alongside qualifications from the University of Tuebingen and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

This course is a fundamentals course that anyone in the market access team should attend.

As this is the first session of "The AI for Pharma Market Access Course", there are no testimonials available yet.

9-10 April 2025

Brussels

Early bird € 2 970

(Full fee € 3 370)

(until 21/02/2025)

5-6 June 2025

Brussels

Early bird € 2 970

(Full fee € 3 370)

(until 18/04/2025)

Important information:

  • Live online CET courses take place on Zoom between 9 AM and 5 PM CET (Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris).

  • Live online EST courses take place on Zoom between 8 AM and 4 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time).

  • Face-to-face courses take place at a four-star business hotel close to the Brussels airport between 9 AM and 5 PM CET (Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris).

You will receive all practical details after your registration.

For any questions related to the above, please do not hesitate to email Margherita Mutto or contact her by phone at +32 472 03 11 38 .

How to Register

  1. Click the green "Register" button on the course session of your preference.

  2. The registration wizard will guide you through the personal and company data that we need to process your registration.

  3. You have the choice between 2 payment options:

    1. Payment by credit card. You will not be required to pay immediately, but you will receive a secured payment link together with the invoice.

    2. Payment via bank transfer

  4. Click "Register Now". You will be sent an automatic email confirming your registration followed by a personal email containing an invoice and further payment instructions.


For assistance with your registration, please email Annelies Swaan or contact her by phone at +32 486 98 52 49. 
 

Included in the Registration Fee:

For face-to-face courses:

  • Participation in a small-class (max 20 participants), expert led face-to-face course with interactive group exercises and plenary discussions. You will have the opportunity to meet the expert and discuss your own projects/issues during the breaks.

  • Course material will be provided to you in both digital format (by email) and in hard copy (so you can make notes during the course).

  • Opportunities for networking and informal discussions during coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

  • A group dinner in a nearby restaurant on the evening of day 1.

  • Certificate of attendance signed by the expert and CELforPharma. 
     

VAT Information

The prices on our website are excluding VAT. Depending on the format of the course (face-to-face in Brussels or live online or self-study programme) and your location, we are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT.

We are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT in the following cases:

Face-to-Face public course organised in Belgium


Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112 states that : “The place of supply of services in respect of admission to cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar events, such as fairs and exhibitions, and of ancillary services related to the admission, supplied to a taxable person, shall be the place where those events actually take place.” 
If the course that you register for takes place in Belgium, we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Online Public courses -  live webinar


Webinars where the participants can communicate among themselves or ask questions to the speaker(s) (be it verbally, via a chat function or similar), are considered as ‘online interactive webinars’ by the Belgian VAT administration. 
According to Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112, these online interactive webinars take place where the organisation of the seminar takes place, which in this case is Belgium. 
So, if you register for one of our live online courses (organised from our offices in Belgium), we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Self-Study Programme:


A self-study programme is a service provided electronically. It is the period of self-study that is the most important in our self-study Basics of Health Economics and not the kickoff and closing webinars. As a result, this self-study program follows a different VAT application and the place of the service is where the customer is established. Therefore, we follow the VAT rules applicable to the country of your invoicing address.

 

Group Discounts

Team discounts can be offered to 2 or more delegates from the same company.

Email Annelies Swaan, Director Business Operations, for more details. 
 

Transfer & Cancellation Policy

Flexible Transfer

  • If a registrant cannot attend the scheduled course, he/she can avoid any cancellation charge by sending a suitable replacement participant.

  • Alternatively, the registrant can transfer once on a “space available” basis at no extra cost, until 3 weeks prior to the event, to another course of the same value held within one year of the original course date.

Registration Cancellation

  • Less than 14 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay the full invoiced registration fee.

  • Between 15 and 30 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay 50% of the invoiced registration fee.

  • More than 30 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay a cancellation fee of € 450 per registrant.

  • If a registrant postpones his/her participation to a future course, and cancels again, no refund can be claimed for registration fees.

 

Benefits of CELforPharma’s face-to-face courses:

  • You have the unique opportunity to interact 1:1 with the expert(s).

  • Plenty of opportunity for informal 1:1 and group conversations with your international peers to exchange experiences and ideas, to discuss issues and to network.

  • Face-to-face interactions allow for more depth during Q&As and group work.

  • You can step away from your daily routine in the office and enjoy a more focused learning experience in a comfortable business hotel environment.

 

Benefits of CELforPharma’s live online courses:

  • The formal programme is as impactful as a face-to-face course thanks to the highly interactive format (using breakouts, polls, quizzes …).

  • No travel & accommodation expenses

  • You can attend the course from the comfort of your own office or home.

  • We send you the course materials by post so that you can take notes and fully engage with the course content.

No, if you choose credit card payment, we will send you a secure payment link together with the invoice.

Team discounts can be offered for 2 or more registrations confirmed at the same time. The level of discount will depend on the number of registrations and the availability of seats.

Email Annelies Swaan, Director Business Operations, for more details. 

Depending on the format of the course (face-to-face in Brussels or live online or self-study programme) and your location, we are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT in the following cases:

Face-to-Face public course organised in Belgium


Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112 states that : “The place of supply of services in respect of admission to cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar events, such as fairs and exhibitions, and of ancillary services related to the admission, supplied to a taxable person, shall be the place where those events actually take place.” 
If the course that you register for takes place in Belgium, we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Online Public courses -  live webinar


Webinars where the participants can communicate among themselves or ask questions to the speaker(s) (be it verbally, via a chat function or similar), are considered as ‘online interactive webinars’ by the Belgian VAT administration. 
According to Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112, these online interactive webinars take place where the organisation of the seminar takes place, which in this case is Belgium. 
So, if you register for one of our live online courses (organised from our offices in Belgium), we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Self-Study Programme:


A self-study programme is a service provided electronically. It is the period of self-study that is the most important in our self-study Basics of Health Economics and not the kickoff and closing webinars. As a result, this self-study program follows a different VAT application and the place of the service is where the customer is established. Therefore, we follow the VAT rules applicable to the country of your invoicing address.

Our face-to-face courses in Brussels take place in four-star business hotels close to the airport. As part of our strong relationship with these hotels, CELforPharma has secured a discount on the daily room rate for our delegates who book their accommodation via us.   

Upon your registration, we will assist you to make your hotel booking. For any assistance in this matter please do not hesitate to email Margherita Mutto, Course Coordinator, or contact her by phone at +32 472 03 11 38. 

We do not record our live online public courses as we want to offer a safe environment for all attendees to share their experiences and freely ask questions.

This way, by participating in our courses, you do not only learn from our expert faculty but also from your international peers in the room.

No, we don't sell the course materials as a stand-alone. 
Without the expert's explanation, the exercises and the discussions with other course participants, there is very little value in the slides.

Email Inge Cornelis, partner with CELforPharma, to help you choose the course that is best suited. 

Yes! 

We have helped many managers with setting up an in-house training programme for their team. 

Email Inge Cornelis, partner with CELforPharma, to discuss your team training needs.

Do you have any other questions?  
Email Annelies Swaan or call +32 486 98 52 49.

People interested in this course are typically also interested in: 

By clicking the below button, you will save this course to MY COURSES in the upper right corner of the website. This allows you to quickly retrieve it later.    

Don’t forget to make a personal account using the Login button in the upper right corner of the website to keep your list of saved courses for your next visit.

Course Details

Dates & Locations

9-10 April 2025

Brussels

Register

5-6 June 2025

Brussels

Register
  • The audience for this course is restricted to a maximum of 12 delegates.

Upcoming Session

9-10 April 2025, Brussels

Early bird € 2 970

(Full fee € 3 370)

(until 21/02/2025) Prices are excl. VAT

AI is revolutionising the pharma market access process, driving unprecedented levels of productivity, efficiency and impact. The extent to which AI will enhance your role and career depends on how effectively and strategically you apply it.

The path to success lies in learning, collaborating, experimenting, and growing through real-world applications.

This 2-day course is your fast track to mastering the current use of the most powerful AI tools in market access. You'll gain practical insights and expert advice on applying AI effectively and confidently in your market access role.

  • Learn from a seasoned AI-Pharma Market Access expert, ready to address your specific challenges and questions.

  • Gain hands-on practice during group work on a business case that runs through the course.

  • Engage with your international peers, exchanging experiences and participating in deep-dive discussions.

  • Accelerate your career by staying ahead of the curve in this game-changing field.

Don’t miss this opportunity to take your market access role to the next level with AI-driven solutions.

  1. Master the essentials of AI in pharma market access: Understand key terminology, explore the transformative impact of AI, and tackle industry-specific challenges.

  2. Integrate AI-driven tools with confidence: Learn how to seamlessly incorporate AI into market access processes to boost efficiency and achieve superior outcomes.

  3. Discover the best AI systems for your needs: Get an overview of available AI technologies, along with their pros and cons, tailored to pharma market access applications.

  4. Gain hands-on experience with AI in action: Participate in practical exercises using AI-driven tools for market access planning, systematic literature reviews, dossier writing, and payer negotiations.
    (Features a real-life prostate cancer case study to simulate and solve real-world challenges across the market access lifecycle.)

  5. Learn from your peers in pharma market access: Benefit from peer insights as they will share their challenges, experiences, and innovative solutions.

 

 

To see the detailed agenda, please submit your details in the form below the table.

Day 1
10:00Welcome & Introductions
10:30Understanding AI and How it is Transforming Pharma Market Access
11:00Coping With Ethical, Legal and Regulatory Challenges 
11:45Using AI for Early Market Access Planning 
12:15Lunch Break
13:15Using AI for Early Market Access Planning - Group work on a Prostate Cancer Case 
14:15Using AI for Systematic Literature Research (SLR) 
15:00Using AI for SLR - Group Work on a Prostate Cancer Case 
16:00Using LLMs For Health Economic Models 
16:30Wrap-up of Day 1 – Final Q&A
16:45Close Day 1
 
Day 2
09:00Recap of Day 1
09:30Using AI For Reimbursement Dossier Writing 
10:45Preparation of National & Regional Payer Launch With AI (Part 1)
12:00Lunch Break
13:00Preparation of National & Regional Payer Launch With AI (Part 2)
14:00What Would Be The Future of AI in Market Access? 
15:15Closing Remarks
15:30End of Course

 

To see the detailed agenda, please submit your details in the form below:

  • As the founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, Dr. Stefan Walzer initiated the application of AI platforms and tools in the area of market access to revolutionise dossier preparation, payer negotiations, and strategic decision-making.

  • Dr. Walzer's impressive career includes pivotal roles such as Global Payer Strategy Leader at F. Hoffmann – La Roche AG, author of over 40 peer-reviewed articles and 400 abstracts, as well as a recognised lecturer on market access, pricing, and negotiation at leading universities in Germany. 

  • Dr. Walzer holds a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Zurich, alongside qualifications from the University of Tuebingen and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

This course is a fundamentals course that anyone in the market access team should attend.

As this is the first session of "The AI for Pharma Market Access Course", there are no testimonials available yet.

9-10 April 2025

Brussels

Early bird € 2 970

(Full fee € 3 370)

(until 21/02/2025)

5-6 June 2025

Brussels

Early bird € 2 970

(Full fee € 3 370)

(until 18/04/2025)

Important information:

  • Live online CET courses take place on Zoom between 9 AM and 5 PM CET (Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris).

  • Live online EST courses take place on Zoom between 8 AM and 4 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time).

  • Face-to-face courses take place at a four-star business hotel close to the Brussels airport between 9 AM and 5 PM CET (Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris).

You will receive all practical details after your registration.

For any questions related to the above, please do not hesitate to email Margherita Mutto or contact her by phone at +32 472 03 11 38 .

How to Register

  1. Click the green "Register" button on the course session of your preference.

  2. The registration wizard will guide you through the personal and company data that we need to process your registration.

  3. You have the choice between 2 payment options:

    1. Payment by credit card. You will not be required to pay immediately, but you will receive a secured payment link together with the invoice.

    2. Payment via bank transfer

  4. Click "Register Now". You will be sent an automatic email confirming your registration followed by a personal email containing an invoice and further payment instructions.


For assistance with your registration, please email Annelies Swaan or contact her by phone at +32 486 98 52 49. 
 

Included in the Registration Fee:

For face-to-face courses:

  • Participation in a small-class (max 20 participants), expert led face-to-face course with interactive group exercises and plenary discussions. You will have the opportunity to meet the expert and discuss your own projects/issues during the breaks.

  • Course material will be provided to you in both digital format (by email) and in hard copy (so you can make notes during the course).

  • Opportunities for networking and informal discussions during coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

  • A group dinner in a nearby restaurant on the evening of day 1.

  • Certificate of attendance signed by the expert and CELforPharma. 
     

VAT Information

The prices on our website are excluding VAT. Depending on the format of the course (face-to-face in Brussels or live online or self-study programme) and your location, we are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT.

We are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT in the following cases:

Face-to-Face public course organised in Belgium


Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112 states that : “The place of supply of services in respect of admission to cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar events, such as fairs and exhibitions, and of ancillary services related to the admission, supplied to a taxable person, shall be the place where those events actually take place.” 
If the course that you register for takes place in Belgium, we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Online Public courses -  live webinar


Webinars where the participants can communicate among themselves or ask questions to the speaker(s) (be it verbally, via a chat function or similar), are considered as ‘online interactive webinars’ by the Belgian VAT administration. 
According to Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112, these online interactive webinars take place where the organisation of the seminar takes place, which in this case is Belgium. 
So, if you register for one of our live online courses (organised from our offices in Belgium), we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Self-Study Programme:


A self-study programme is a service provided electronically. It is the period of self-study that is the most important in our self-study Basics of Health Economics and not the kickoff and closing webinars. As a result, this self-study program follows a different VAT application and the place of the service is where the customer is established. Therefore, we follow the VAT rules applicable to the country of your invoicing address.

 

Group Discounts

Team discounts can be offered to 2 or more delegates from the same company.

Email Annelies Swaan, Director Business Operations, for more details. 
 

Transfer & Cancellation Policy

Flexible Transfer

  • If a registrant cannot attend the scheduled course, he/she can avoid any cancellation charge by sending a suitable replacement participant.

  • Alternatively, the registrant can transfer once on a “space available” basis at no extra cost, until 3 weeks prior to the event, to another course of the same value held within one year of the original course date.

Registration Cancellation

  • Less than 14 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay the full invoiced registration fee.

  • Between 15 and 30 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay 50% of the invoiced registration fee.

  • More than 30 days prior to the course date: registrant liable to pay a cancellation fee of € 450 per registrant.

  • If a registrant postpones his/her participation to a future course, and cancels again, no refund can be claimed for registration fees.

 

Benefits of CELforPharma’s face-to-face courses:

  • You have the unique opportunity to interact 1:1 with the expert(s).

  • Plenty of opportunity for informal 1:1 and group conversations with your international peers to exchange experiences and ideas, to discuss issues and to network.

  • Face-to-face interactions allow for more depth during Q&As and group work.

  • You can step away from your daily routine in the office and enjoy a more focused learning experience in a comfortable business hotel environment.

 

Benefits of CELforPharma’s live online courses:

  • The formal programme is as impactful as a face-to-face course thanks to the highly interactive format (using breakouts, polls, quizzes …).

  • No travel & accommodation expenses

  • You can attend the course from the comfort of your own office or home.

  • We send you the course materials by post so that you can take notes and fully engage with the course content.

No, if you choose credit card payment, we will send you a secure payment link together with the invoice.

Team discounts can be offered for 2 or more registrations confirmed at the same time. The level of discount will depend on the number of registrations and the availability of seats.

Email Annelies Swaan, Director Business Operations, for more details. 

Depending on the format of the course (face-to-face in Brussels or live online or self-study programme) and your location, we are obliged by Belgian law to apply VAT in the following cases:

Face-to-Face public course organised in Belgium


Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112 states that : “The place of supply of services in respect of admission to cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment or similar events, such as fairs and exhibitions, and of ancillary services related to the admission, supplied to a taxable person, shall be the place where those events actually take place.” 
If the course that you register for takes place in Belgium, we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Online Public courses -  live webinar


Webinars where the participants can communicate among themselves or ask questions to the speaker(s) (be it verbally, via a chat function or similar), are considered as ‘online interactive webinars’ by the Belgian VAT administration. 
According to Article 53 of the European Union VAT Directive 2006/112, these online interactive webinars take place where the organisation of the seminar takes place, which in this case is Belgium. 
So, if you register for one of our live online courses (organised from our offices in Belgium), we are obliged to charge 21% Belgian VAT. 
However, you can recover this Belgian VAT through the refund procedure. Note that this procedure differs depending on the country where you are located. It is best to contact your local VAT administration for this.
 

Self-Study Programme:


A self-study programme is a service provided electronically. It is the period of self-study that is the most important in our self-study Basics of Health Economics and not the kickoff and closing webinars. As a result, this self-study program follows a different VAT application and the place of the service is where the customer is established. Therefore, we follow the VAT rules applicable to the country of your invoicing address.

Our face-to-face courses in Brussels take place in four-star business hotels close to the airport. As part of our strong relationship with these hotels, CELforPharma has secured a discount on the daily room rate for our delegates who book their accommodation via us.   

Upon your registration, we will assist you to make your hotel booking. For any assistance in this matter please do not hesitate to email Margherita Mutto, Course Coordinator, or contact her by phone at +32 472 03 11 38. 

We do not record our live online public courses as we want to offer a safe environment for all attendees to share their experiences and freely ask questions.

This way, by participating in our courses, you do not only learn from our expert faculty but also from your international peers in the room.

No, we don't sell the course materials as a stand-alone. 
Without the expert's explanation, the exercises and the discussions with other course participants, there is very little value in the slides.

Email Inge Cornelis, partner with CELforPharma, to help you choose the course that is best suited. 

Yes! 

We have helped many managers with setting up an in-house training programme for their team. 

Email Inge Cornelis, partner with CELforPharma, to discuss your team training needs.

Do you have any other questions?  
Email Annelies Swaan or call +32 486 98 52 49.

By clicking the below button, you will save this course to MY COURSES in the upper right corner of the website. This allows you to quickly retrieve it later.    

Don’t forget to make a personal account using the Login button in the upper right corner of the website to keep your list of saved courses for your next visit.

Dates & Locations

9-10 April 2025

Brussels

Register

5-6 June 2025

Brussels

Register
  • The audience for this course is restricted to a maximum of 12 delegates.