Jessica Cortez is a nationally recognized healthcare strategist who helps biopharma teams bridge science and strategy to drive real-world adoption. With over 15 years of experience spanning US regulatory policy, drug commercialization, and payment, Jessica brings deep market access expertise and a proven track record of success across buy-and-bill products, rare disease therapies, and specialty pharmaceuticals.
As a Partner at Simon Kucher, Jessica leads thought leadership efforts across Translational Science, Coverage & Reimbursement, and Launch Readiness. She is known for translating complex regulatory and economic landscapes into actionable commercialization strategies that accelerate patient access and strengthen provider alignment. For complex therapies, Jessica provides high-impact strategic counsel to life sciences companies on product launch sequencing, pricing, coding, site-of-care alignment, and field team enablement.