Anita is a pharmacist with over 20 years of experience working with provincial governments, cancer agencies, private insurance, and community pharmacies in both Ontario and Manitoba. She has been involved in a number of ground-breaking initiatives including precursor work to support the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review (pCODR), an evaluation framework for funding drugs for rare diseases (DRDs), as well as supporting the introduction of the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA). She has a depth of experience in negotiations, having participated in over 100 pCPA files (including having lead/co-lead 10 negotiations), and a further 100+ Ontario specific product listing agreements (PLAs). Anita brings an insightful and comprehensive view of the public and private reimbursement markets as well as practical health system level experience.