Management Team

E.M. Kolassa, MBA, PhD – CEO & Managing Partner

Mick is recognized internationally as the leading expert on pharmaceutical pricing and value-based strategies. At MME, Mick provides strategic direction for the firm and its clients. He focuses his efforts on developing value-based strategies and formulating solutions to the unique problems faced by clients. His many years of work and research in the marketing and management of pharmaceuticals provide the historical perspective and the hands-on experience MME’s clients need and desire. Mick has also served as a litigation consultant and expert witness in cases related to pharmaceutical marketing.

Mick holds academic appointments as Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Administration in the School of Pharmacy and Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutical Business at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He is also editor of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management, author of several articles and book chapters on pharmaceutical marketing and pricing issues, and coauthor of the book Pharmaceutical Marketing: Principles, Environment, and Practice. Dr. Kolassa’s first book, Elements of Pharmaceutical Pricing, is the only management-oriented book available on that topic.

Prior to forming MME, Mick was Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration and Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Mississippi. He previously served as Director of Pricing and Economic Policy at Sandoz, where he created and instituted that company’s first pricing and health economics departments, and also held positions at The Upjohn Company, the Strategic Pricing Group, and Hastings Healthcare. Mick holds an MBA from Eastern Washington University and a PhD from the University of Mississippi.

Email: E.M. Kolassa

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