Nicholas Van Niel

Vice President
Nicholas Van Niel
Boston

Education

M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management; B.A., economics, Colby College

Summary of Experience

Mr. Van Niel consults on matters involving complex quantitative analyses – primarily in the health care sector – to help address litigation, strategy, and policy questions. He has extensive experience applying sophisticated economic modeling tools and techniques to pharmacy, wholesaler, and manufacturer transaction-level databases, as well as to chargeback data and insurance claims. Mr. Van Niel has also managed large, cross-discipline case teams and supported academic experts in developing forecasting models, as well as in analyzing sales and supply chain practices in complex prescription drug-related litigation matters.

Mr. Van Niel has worked with manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy chains to develop suspicious order monitoring (SOM) tools, loss prevention algorithms, and supplemental ordering- and dispensing-level analytics. He has presented analytical results to corporate executives and government officials, including those at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States Attorneys’ Offices, and state attorneys general offices.

Nicholas Van Niel
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