Nicol Brown, Pharm D

Clinical Director

Nicol joined APS in 2026, bringing 15 years of experience in clinical strategy and evidence-based reviews supporting managed care, health plans, provider organizations, and hospitals. She specializes in translating complex clinical, economic, and real-world evidence into actionable recommendations for executives, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders.

Most recently, Nicol served as Director, Specialty Clinical Solutions at Prime Therapeutics, leading clinical solution strategies across two regional health plans. Her work included specialty drug value narratives, medical benefit drug management initiatives, and contributions to editions of the Prime Therapeutics Medical Pharmacy Trend Report.

Previously, Nicol held clinical leadership and pharmacy roles with Optum Insights, Optum Care, and Molina Healthcare of Texas. Her experience spans payer and market access strategy, P&T committee support, oncology pathways, clinical and policy criteria, claims analytics, pipeline intelligence, and cross-functional program leadership.

Nicol received her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Clinical Research from Campbell University. She completed a post-graduate specialized residency in Drug Information at Baylor Scott & White Memorial.