Brian Duffant is a Partner and Co-Founder at Qualia Bio, providing his clients with insight to the US health care system and deep expertise in creating profitable market access for life science brands. Mr. Duffant is knowledgeable in the key market access landscape trends which impact biopharmaceutical brand performance and has been quoted as a market access subject matter expert in industry publications such as Managed Healthcare Executive, Drug Topics, and HealthLeaders. Prior to founding Qualia Bio, Brian served as Vice President of BluePath Solutions, a market access and health economics consulting firm. His consulting background includes roles as Senior Principal in the Managed Markets and Analytics practice of IMS Health and Vice President for The Zitter Group, a boutique market access consulting firm. His over 20 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience includes leadership roles in market access at UCB, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Mr. Duffant holds a B.S. in Business Administration from San Diego State University and certification as a Professional, Academy of Healthcare Management from the Academy of Healthcare Management. Brian enjoys spending time with his family and surfing at locations along the California coast and countries around the world in search of the perfect wave.