Heron

About Us

HERON is a privately held healthcare consultancy founded in the UK in 1999 by Paul Howard, John Kerrigan, and Chris Knight. Following over a decade of growth, the Company is still wholly owned and operated by the three co-founders and an entrepreneurial team of over 120, including experts in varied fields of science and business operations. Throughout this period, HERON has grown organically and now operates five offices in four countries. We estimate that HERON is the largest independent provider in the sector and the company has ambitious growth plans that include an expanded array of products and services across a broad range of healthcare market segments.

Unique in its ability to craft innovative solutions that respect the complex scenarios faced by our clients, HERON’s vision and performance-based operations are based on the belief that:

“While significant change in healthcare is often referred to as a ‘paradigm shift’ to imply context and understanding, the truth is that change is pervasive with opportunity and impact scenarios quite complex. True innovation is more analogous to a multi-dimensional chess match, where the consumer is always King and all other pieces are in constant flux, on every level of play.”  

Paul Howard, HERON co-founder

HERON services are designed to support clients throughout the product life cycle, from development to delivery. To respond to the focused needs of many of our clients, however, HERON has aligned services into three major strategic business units:

    • Evidence Review and advanced statistical analyses that provide compelling product positioning opportunities.
    • Economic Evaluation with data analytics that translate clinical evidence into economic value and commercial opportunity
    • Pricing & Market Access solutions that leverage HERON evidence and insight to shape payer/stakeholder perception and achieve optimal access.

    Healthcare companies can be assured that when they engage HERON, we will deliver the best blend of scientific and analytic expertise from offices in the UK, US, India and Sweden, with staff directly responsible for client-focused account and project management.

    HERON (consulting and operational) staff is vertically and horizontally integrated across geographies for maximum project effect and efficiency.