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Lauren Barnes, Senior Vice President, provides strategic payer planning and public policy expertise to clients to assist in the successful commercialization of their products. She advises clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Prior to joining Avalere in 2005, Lauren was Director of the Payment and Coverage Group at Amgen, where she worked for six years. While at Amgen, Lauren held a series of leadership roles within its reimbursement and policy arenas. She led Amgen's internal payment policy and analysis team as well as Amgen's Medicaid and Medicare field teams. Lauren began her career at Amgen in its Washington, DC Government Affairs office. Immediately prior to her time with Amgen, Lauren worked for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) where she developed Medicare drug coverage policies within the Coverage and Analysis Group.
Lauren holds a B.A. in Public Health and an M.H.S. in Health Care Policy from The Johns Hopkins University.
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