Leela Barham is a researcher and writer who has worked with all stakeholders across the healthcare system, both in the UK and internationally, on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry. Barham worked as an advisor to the Department of Health and Social Care on the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access (VPAS). She has also worked with patient groups, who have in turn been funded by pharmaceutical companies, as well as self-funded work on public and patient involvement at NICE that was subsequently published in a peer reviewed journal.