GENI Board member, Middle East
PhD, MBA, BSc
Project Manager, Health Care Reforms, Policy Analysis Expert WHO Egypt, United Nations
Technical Advisor, Ministry of Health, and Population of Egypt
National Organization for Research and Control of Biologicals (NORCB)
Dr. Abdalla Abotalleb is one of the most profound experts in healthcare policy and regulations in the Middle East. His expertise extends from HTA and Reimbursement policies to regulatory and supply chain strategies in the public sector. He has been involved in health economics, outcomes research, and reimbursement policy within the healthcare industry for 15 years, with experience across the pharmaceutical, biologicals and vaccines. He currently works for WHO as Project Manager, Health Care Reforming areas.
Dr. Abotaleb graduated in the Faculty of Pharmacy then obtained a post-graduate qualification in health economics followed by a PhD in Health Economics and Policy from York University. He also has a degree in Project management professional (PMP), Pharm. D certificate and a Master of business administration (MBA).
He is a committee member and project manager, working in several national projects in many countries including Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Russia, and Poland. He is a very active researcher with tens of publication across different well recognized organizations, including ISPOR, ESMO, ASCO, ECCO, iHEA. HTAI, and EAHE. He has been a true contributor to several public and industrial projects in Egypt, his homeland. He committedly changed the landscape of healthcare policy there.
He established the National Organization for Research and Control of Biologicals (NORCB), Egyptian Biosimilars guidelines, and the cancer and MS registries. He established stroke units, hospital based HTA and the Health Economic Unit at the Ministry of Health in Egypt’s different sectors.
Multiple engagement efforts are well recognized in his research through introducing concepts of stakeholder engagement. He also does that by being an active member of many research organizations internationally and locally like the ISPOR and its local Egypt chapter. Dr Abdalla Abotaleb remains a very rich source of developmental initiatives, having been a ‘hands on’ expert across different sectors of the healthcare systems and a visionary for healthcare reform. His research interests include cancer, health economics, health polices, outcomes research, and research and development for pharmaceuticals.
Contact Dr Abotaleb: thepharmacist7777@gmail.com
List of publications https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdalla-Abotaleb