Yves Cariou, PharmD, MSc, is an independent strategy consultant focused on the market access of healthcare innovations.Yves retains a >10-year experience with the market access, pricing and reimbursement of innovative healthcare products and services. Yves has a track record of more than 90 projects in various therapeutic areas related to healthcare innovations - orphan diseases, targeted therapies and immunomodulators (solid & blood cancer), medical devices (Coated stents, IVUS, HIFU...) and IVDs (PoC, NGS, CDx business models...).Yves has a broad understanding of the funding mechanisms supporting the diffusion of healthcare innovation across the inpatient, outpatient and the ambulatory settings of care. His in depth understanding of the EU 5 healthcare systems, supported by a network of strategic partners, allows him to develop tailored recommendation on how clinical evidence and value proposition should be framed to optimise pricing and funding. His key success factor remains his ability to focus a dedicated methodology on each of his client’s needs, in the field of clinical development, early access to innovation and premium price funding. Yves has a PharmD, a MSc from HEC Paris, a master in therapeutic biotechnology and worked for more than 3 years in French retail pharmacies. He is a former principal consultant at Biopecs Partners and manager at Boston Healthcare.