Totally Breaking Down & Rebuilding Novartis’ Approach to Patient Engagement

Marc Boutin, JD, is the Global Head of Patient Engagement at Novartis where he leads a global team that has created and implemented a strategy to systematically and consistently engaging patients across the lifecycle of medicines development – at scale. Before joining Novartis, he was the CEO of the National Health Council where he was deeply involved in health advocacy, policy, and legislation. He has designed and directed numerous advocacy strategies for issues ranging from access to health care to cancer prevention. Prior to the National Health Council, he served as the Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy at the American Cancer Society for New England and was a faculty member at Tufts University Medical School. In addition to senior government relations positions at Easter Seals and the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards, he was a civil rights litigator.