William McGivney

Managing Principal at McGivney Global Advisors

Speaker

Bill McGivney is the Managing Principal at and founder of McGivney Global Advisors. Dr. McGivney has decades of experience in oncology and specialty managed markets, coverage policy and reimbursement, and health care policy. His key accomplishments include leadership of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) as CEO from 1997 to 2011 where he established NCCN as a global authority on oncology clinical policy and significantly grew the reach of NCCN and the NCCN Guidelines. During his tenure at NCCN, Dr. McGivney founded the NCCN Drugs and Biologics Compendium and established NCCN's global footprint through collaborations across Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Before joining NCCN, Bill was the Vice President, Clinical and Coverage Policy for Aetna Health Plans from 1991 to 1997.

Dr. McGivney has been a member of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MedCAC), the Liaison to the FDA for the American Medical Association (AMA), and developed and directed the AMA's Technology Assessment Program, DATTA. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and did a post doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School.

His deep understanding of the biopharmaceutical and managed care industries serves as the platform for his innovation in strategic approaches and product optimization, always focusing on "real world" issues and strategies.