The Team

Dr. Piwko holds a Pharmacy Doctor degree, a PhD in Pharmacology, an MSc in Health Administration and is a collaborator with The Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative. Between 2005 and 2007 he was Director of Operations at a Canadian based Consulting Company, responsible for managing teams and health economic related research projects. He also held a position in the Department of Preclinical CNS-Pharmacology (oncology project) at Sandoz (Novartis) Pharma AG in Basel, Switzerland in association with the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. His strategic thinking and contingency planning allow him to perform a very high level in projects to which he is assigned.

Colin holds an MSc in Health Economics from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy. Colin has spent the last decade designing and implementing health economic studies, executing on price optimization plans and delivering results through successful reimbursement strategies. Colin brings a unique approach to PIVINA via his experience and progression in the pharmaceutical industry. His innovative approaches and take charge attitude will allow him to continue to deliver high quality results for PIVINA’s clients.

Tharani B.Sc. (Hons) graduated from the Faculty of Science majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Business studies. Additionally, she obtained her Postgraduate in Advertising/Marketing. She brings to PIVINA and potential new clients strong experience in project management, advisory board sessions, market research, and market access strategic planning. She has been responsible for designing and implementing reimbursement strategies that gave new products a highly competitive advantage in the marketplace. She has worked on over 25 product submissions that have been reviewed by the Common Drug Review, former iJODR/pCODR, INESSS, private and public payers.

Roman received his BSc with honours specialized in biotechnology at York University and his Masters of Biotechnology at the University of Toronto. As part of the program he was responsible for presenting proposals for innovative products from development to commercialization. Roman’s focus at PIVINA is mainly analytic modelling in support of reimbursement for PIVINA’s clients including the development of excel-based budget impact models and providing risk-assessment for clients engaged in product listing agreements.

Suthakar achieved his BASc with a minor in biological engineering at the University of Toronto and is currently completing his Masters of Biotechnology at the University of Toronto. He has been with PIVINA Consulting Inc. since January 2011 and has been an extremely valuable member of the PIVINA team, developing excel-based budget impact models, designing customer-relevant databases, and performing literature reviews to further PIVINA’s goal in meeting and exceeding client expectations.