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Head of UK Access and Value, Pfizer
Continuing Policy Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy
"There was a real willingness to engage with our policy topics, and it was incredibly helpful to have different perspectives on many of the questions the pharmaceutical sector is grappling with. In addition to the level of expertise and knowledge that you would expect from leading university research teams, there were some surprising connections made. Some of the most valuable interactions were those that helped clarify and sub-divide the more jumbled policy topics into areas where there are distinct academic traditions and bodies of knowledge that can be drawn upon. Overall, lots of fresh thinking and many areas to follow up on. An excellent programme!" (November 2010)
Dr Hearthfield has worked at Pfizer for over 20 years and is currently Head of UK Access and Value. His previous roles include Senior Director at Pfizer’s Global Health and Value Innovation Centre and Director of Science Policy for Europe within the company’s Worldwide Policy group, where he focused on science, regulatory, and innovation policy across European markets.
Before joining Pfizer, Dr Heathfield spent six years in government and parliamentary roles as a policy adviser and analyst. At the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit (2002–2004), he contributed to the development of approaches for assessing the costs and benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops, as well as work on wealth creation from science and technology and policy related to behaviour change and personal responsibility. Prior to this, he was Committee Specialist to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (1999–2002), where he supported inquiries on issues including the regulation of stem cell research and human genetic databases.
Dr Heathfield completed a PhD in climate change at the University of York in 1996. He subsequently undertook postdoctoral research on ozone depletion and climate change at the Space Science and Technology Department of the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, contributing to work supporting satellite observation of the upper atmosphere.
