About Us

Altems Advisory is a academic spin-off that was born from the experience of the Alta Scuola di Economia e Management dei Sistemi Sanitari – ALTEMS of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – UCSC, active in Rome since 2009

Mission

Propose sustainable and valuable innovations to health systems in response to growing demand from the life science sector

Vision

Use the best scientific evidence to target innovations that can prolong and improve people’s lives and support decisions from an allocative efficiency perspective considering economic and social aspects

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Defining policy making processes in the healthcare context cannot ignore fundamental aspects such as the value of the person and quality of life.

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Supporting decision-making analyses by analyzing the best scientific evidence and evidence generation processes.

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Evaluations and analyses based on a constant focus on allocative efficiency.

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Vision

Use the best scientific evidence to target innovations that can prolong and improve people’s lives and support decisions from an allocative efficiency perspective considering economic and social aspects

01.

Defining policy making processes in the healthcare context cannot ignore fundamental aspects such as the value of the person and quality of life.

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02.

Supporting decision-making analyses by analyzing the best scientific evidence and evidence generation processes.

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Evaluations and analyses based on a constant focus on allocative efficiency.

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Investing in people’s health generates benefits for people’s future, making active employment policies more effective, helping to ensure adequate livelihoods, contributing to growth, creating an opportunity to generate investment through improved health

Americo Cicchetti

CEO & Founder

He is coordinator of the PhD in Health Services and Systems Research at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He teaches Business Organization and Personnel Management, with interests in of research developed almost exclusively in the field of planning, organization and evaluation of health services and technologies. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Health Management Association. He was founder and Past President of the Italian Society of Health Technology Assessment and member of the Executive Committee of Health Technology Assessment International. Member of the European Network of Health Technology Assessment. He has contributed to the adaptation of the logic and tools of health technology assessment in Italy, operating both on the institutional front, first at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (from the 2002 to 2006) and subsequently as a member of the Pricing and Reimbursement Committee of the Italian Medicines Agency (2009-2015). Thanks to his experience, he acts as advisor for the main pharmaceutical and biomedical companies at international level. He contributed to the implementation of the Health Technology Assessment function at the Policlinico universitario “A. Gemelli” (2001).

Michele Basile

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master’s Degree in Health Economics achieved at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a Master’s Degree in Science in Health Economics achieved at the University of York. He collaborated with the Health Department of the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is a external consultant of the Department of Epidemiology of Regione Lazio and has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl. Is a member of the scientific secretariat of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA. He has been didactic coordinator of the Master “Management of biomedical and biotechnological companies” of ALTEMS, Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, AI-Mind, PROPHET. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.

Americo Cicchetti

CEO & Founder

He is coordinator of the PhD in Health Services and Systems Research at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He teaches Business Organization and Personnel Management, with interests in of research developed almost exclusively in the field of planning, organization and evaluation of health services and technologies. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Health Management Association. He was founder and Past President of the Italian Society of Health Technology Assessment and member of the Executive Committee of Health Technology Assessment International. Member of the European Network of Health Technology Assessment. He has contributed to the adaptation of the logic and tools of health technology assessment in Italy, operating both on the institutional front, first at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (from the 2002 to 2006) and subsequently as a member of the Pricing and Reimbursement Committee of the Italian Medicines Agency (2009-2015). Thanks to his experience, he acts as advisor for the main pharmaceutical and biomedical companies at international level. He contributed to the implementation of the Health Technology Assessment function at the Policlinico universitario “A. Gemelli” (2001).

Michele Basile

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master’s Degree in Health Economics achieved at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a Master’s Degree in Science in Health Economics achieved at the University of York. He collaborated with the Health Department of the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is a external consultant of the Department of Epidemiology of Regione Lazio and has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl. Is a member of the scientific secretariat of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA. He has been didactic coordinator of the Master “Management of biomedical and biotechnological companies” of ALTEMS, Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, AI-Mind, PROPHET. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.

Eugenio Di Brino

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master of Science in HTA at ALTEMS (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and a elective course in healt economics modelling at the University of York. He collaborated with the Health Department of the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert and research assistant at the The National Center for HTA of the Italian National Institute of Health. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl and CERISMAS. He is Project Coordinator of Patient Advocacy Lab (PAL) of ALTEMS. Is a member of the scientific secretariat of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA and he is a member of the scientific technical committee of SIHTA. He is didactic coordinator of the Master “Patient Avocacy Management and International Patient Advocacy Management” of ALTEMS, Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, PROPHET, UNCAN. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.

Filippo Rumi

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master’s Degree in Health Economics achieved at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a Master’s Degree in Science in Health Economics achieved at the University of York. He collaborated with the World Organization of Healthcare (WHO) in Geneva and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl. He is a member of the scientific of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA and a member of the HTA Laboratory of SIFO.
He is lecturer of Pharmacoeconomics in the Farmacy Degree Course at Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, PROPHET. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.

Eugenio Di Brino

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master of Science in HTA at ALTEMS (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and a elective course in healt economics modelling at the University of York. He collaborated with the Health Department of the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert and research assistant at the The National Center for HTA of the Italian National Institute of Health. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl and CERISMAS. He is Project Coordinator of Patient Advocacy Lab (PAL) of ALTEMS. Is a member of the scientific secretariat of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA and he is a member of the scientific technical committee of SIHTA. He is didactic coordinator of the Master “Patient Avocacy Management and International Patient Advocacy Management” of ALTEMS, Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, PROPHET, UNCAN. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.

Filippo Rumi

Partner & Co-Founder

He is a health economist whose scientific activities focused on the fields of Pharmacoeconomics, decision-making models, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), patient involvement and patient advocacy. His background includes a Master’s Degree in Health Economics achieved at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a Master’s Degree in Science in Health Economics achieved at the University of York. He collaborated with the World Organization of Healthcare (WHO) in Geneva and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He has been a member of the National Table of the Ministry of Health on Pharmacy Services as an expert. He has been consultant of VIHTALI Srl. He is a member of the scientific of the Health Policy Forum of SIHTA and a member of the HTA Laboratory of SIFO.
He is lecturer of Pharmacoeconomics in the Farmacy Degree Course at Università Cattolica. He has been involved in EU research project: Munros, SPRINT-T, IMPACT HTA, PROPHET. He has published in journals specialized in Health Economics and clinical journals.