Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) has named Mark Lelinski as its new
corporate vice president, market access. Lelinski will be responsible
for contracting and pricing strategies, integration efforts across
Walgreens pharmacy, health and wellness division, sales and account
management, and overseeing the continued evolution of the company’s
managed market strategies. He joined Walgreens on June 17.
“Mark is a seasoned leader with an established track record of
delivering results, and will help to build upon the excellent work that
is being done in our market access group,” said Kermit Crawford,
Walgreens president of pharmacy, health and wellness. “His experience in
managed market roles both in the U.S. and internationally is the right
fit for where Walgreens is headed. As a strategic partner of choice in
the health care industry, we believe Mark’s relationship-driven approach
will help us strengthen our partnerships and create more value from the
emerging models and markets that will be key to our growth moving
forward.”
Lelinski previously spent nine years with AstraZeneca in a number of
marketing, strategy and managed market roles, both in the U.S. and
abroad. In his most recent role as vice president, Americas region
marketing and sales, Lelinski was responsible for implementing new
commercial capabilities across markets in the U.S., Canada and Latin
America. He also led efforts to build new capabilities in Latin America
to improve both market access and patient affordability for the emerging
middle class. As vice president, U.S. managed markets, Lelinski led all
aspects of payer strategy, B2B marketing, account management,
contracting and pricing with all payer customers.
Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Lelinski was a partner at Accenture, where
he headed the pharmaceutical marketing and sales effectiveness practice.
He also worked in a number of executive roles supporting physician
networks, health plans and health informatics companies.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales of $72
billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com)
vision is to become America’s first choice for health and daily living.
Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million customers the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail
service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health
outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care
organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public
sector. The company operates 8,098 drugstores in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a
Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager
of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care
clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
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