Donald Macarthur is an independent analyst on international pharmaceutical business issues
For two years up to June 2007, he was senior consultant with the strategic international pharmaceutical pricing, reimbursement and market access consultancy PriceSpective. From 2001-2005, Mr Macarthur was Secretary General of the European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies, the grouping of national associations and individual firms involved in parallel trading of medicines with membership from 16 EEA countries.
His current role as independent consultant and analytical writer also occupied the bulk of the 16 years preceding 2001, with a focus on drug cost containment policy worldwide, pricing and reimbursement, hospital access, European integration and enlargement, wholesale and retail distribution, mail order, homecare, orphan drugs, generics, parallel trade, Rx-to-OTC switching, and several aspects of the Japanese market and industry.
He has written over 50 major reports. Published by Scrip, IMS Health, Financial Times/Informa, Taylor Nelson Sofres Healthcare, Decision Resources, Droit & Pharmacie, PPR Communications and himself, several have become industry standards. He also founded, edited and published for four years the world’s first periodical on drug pricing and reimbursement, Pharma Pricing Review.
Consultancy clients have included the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations - he was the very first consultant ever used by EFPIA - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the European grouping of national full-line pharmaceutical wholesaling associations (GIRP), the UK’s Office of Fair Trading, other government agencies, and many major multinational biopharmaceutical manufacturers, legal and financial firms.
Numerous presentations have been given at international conferences, and he has testified both at a US Senate Committee hearing and at the HHS Secretary’s task force hearing on prescription drug importation. His articles have appeared in many English language pharmaceutical business journals, with some translated into Japanese, German and Turkish.
Qualifying as a pharmacist from the University of London, Mr Macarthur's early career involved community and hospital pharmacy practice, 16 years in development, regulatory affairs and medical department functions in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK (Fisons, 1969-72; Parke-Davis, 1972-75; Roche, 1976-78; Serono, 1978-82; Lundbeck 1982-84), one year in Japan, and four years with PJB Publications (publishers of Scrip).
For a comprehensive list of his publications please open this word document: Publication List
