Personal details

Richard Pollock, born in Huddersfield, UK on 25^th May 1985. Currently based in Basel, Switzerland.

Professional experience

Currently employed by Ossian Health Economics and Communications (February 2009 to present). Current responsibilities include:

Systematic literature review
Preparation of core reimbursement dossiers
Budget impact analysis for formulary approval and reimbursement
Cost-effectiveness analysis, including state transition Markov modelling and discrete event simulation using a variety of software tools, including as Python, Treeage Pro and Berkely Madonna
Pharmaco-economic analysis and write-up for formulary approval

Previously employed by IMS Health as a health economics and outcomes research analyst (February 2008 to January 2009).

Valentine WJ, Pollock RF, Plun-Favreau J, White J. Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of biphasic insulin aspart 30 in type 2 diabetes. Curr Med Res Opin. 2010; 26(6):1399-412.
Pollock RF, Adryan B. BioSAVE: Display of scored annotation within a sequence context. BMC Bioinformatics. 2008; 9:157.

Pollock RF, Erny-Albrecht KM, Kalsekar A, Bruhn D, Valentine WJ. Long-acting insulin analogs: a review of “real-world” effectiveness in patients with type 2 diabetes. Submitted to Current Diabetes Reviews, 2010.
Pollock RF, Valentine WJ, Goodall G, Brändle M. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes patients on oral anti-diabetic agents: a long-term modeling study in Switzerland. Submitted to Swiss Medical Weekly, 2010.
Pollock RF, Valentine WJ, Thomsen TL, Nishimura H. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of rapid-acting insulin aspart compared with human insulin in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients. Submitted to the Journal of Medical Economics, 2010.

Montañana CF, Pollock RF, Haglund M, Valentine WJ, Ericsson Å. En hälsoekonomisk jämförelse av insulin detemir och NPH vid intensifierad insulinbehandling vid typ 2-diabetes. (A health economic comparison of insulin detemir and NPH at intensified insulin treatment for type 2 diabetes). Abstract and poster presentation at the Svenska Läkaresällskapet Medicinska Riksstämman, Stockholm, 2009.

Abstract featured in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes News article “Insulin aspart looks good for T2DM in Japan”. October 2009; 589:4.

Pollock RF, Valentine WJ, Thomsen TL, Nishimura H. Use of rapid-acting insulin aspart reduces costs and cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes when compared with human insulin. Abstract and poster presentation 891 at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 45th Annual Meeting, Vienna, 2009.

Follow-up work: Pollock RF, Valentine WJ, Thomsen TL, Nishimura H. Rapid-acting insulin aspart reduces cardiovascular complications and costs in type 2 diabetes when compared with human insulin. Abstract and poster presentation at the International Diabetes Federation 20th World Diabetes Congress, Montreal, 2009.

Sullivan SD, Pollock RF, Garrison LP, Rinde H, Kolberg JA. Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of a Diabetes Risk Score. Abstract and oral presentation at the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, 2009.
Kim J, Pollock R, Jung S, Diamantopoulos A, Lees M. Cost-Effectiveness of Rivaroxaban Versus Enoxaparin for Prophylaxis After Total Hip or Total Knee Replacement in Korea. Abstract and poster presentation PCV38 at the 14th Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Orlando, 2009.
Invited SciComp@Cam talk on OS X Development and BioSAVE at the University of Cambridge Centre for Mathematical Sciences in October 2007.

1^st class MA MSci (Hons) in Natural Sciences from Trinity College, University of Cambridge (specialising in biochemistry)
5 A-levels and 1 AS-level (all grade A) from Greenhead College, Huddersfield in 2002-3
10 GCSEs (9 A*, including English and Mathematics; 1 A) in 2001

Highly proficient at programming in C, Objective-C, Visual Basic for Applications, Python, PHP and Perl (including DBI with MySQL).
Thorough working knowledge of HTML, CSS and XML
Experienced with Windows, Mac OS X and OpenBSD UNIX
Excellent knowledge of UNIX utilities and system administration

Final year master's project came top-in-year (85%)
Third-year essay on the physiological, pathological and biochemical effects of excessive alcohol consumption came second-in-year (83%)
Winner of Trinity College Science Essay Prize 2005