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Thought Leader Series: Risks and rewards: getting new medications into the hands of patients, Carlo Montagner

Thought Leader Series: Risks and rewards: getting new medications into the hands of patients, Carlo Montagner

Update: 2022-09-01
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Carlo Montagner

Co-Founder and CEO, Specialised Therapeutics Australia


Risks and rewards: getting new medications into the hands of patients


In this episode, RCA Chief Executive Richard Vines speaks to Carlo Montagner about: 



  • His move from psychology to pharma

  • Building a strong foundation in the industry

  • Founding STA with his wife

  • The barriers to, and costs of, supplying drugs in Australia

  • How the process can be improved and simplified

  • Accessing drugs not listed on the PBS

  • The responsibility of clinicians around reimbursement

  • The challenges and opportunities of Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

  • Why STA is expanding into Asia

  • His family’s personal experience with rare cancer

  • Why he is passionate about bringing rare cancer drugs to Australia

  • His vision for the future  


More about Carlo Montagner: Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is a pharmaceutical company that has been instrumental in helping Australians living with rare cancer to access new medications that would otherwise be out of reach. Before co-founding STA, Carlo held senior roles at some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.  #thoughtleaderseries

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Thought Leader Series: Risks and rewards: getting new medications into the hands of patients, Carlo Montagner

Thought Leader Series: Risks and rewards: getting new medications into the hands of patients, Carlo Montagner

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