BCN Health

What BCN Health does

BCN Health (legal entity BCN HEALTH ECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH S.L.) is an independent healthcare consultancy headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, founded in 2006 and operating with 11-50 employees. The firm delivers specialized services across pharmacoeconomics, market access, health technology assessment, real-world evidence analysis, and medical writing, primarily serving global and local pharmaceutical subsidiaries, medical device companies, and public health administrations requiring Spain-specific health economics and reimbursement support.

Its service portfolio spans six lines: health economics modeling using decision trees, Markov, and Monte Carlo methods; market access and pricing/reimbursement dossier preparation; health technology assessments; real-world evidence studies drawing on retrospective databases; peer-reviewed medical writing; and the proprietary BCN Database — five datasets covering Spanish healthcare costs, tariffs, drug evaluations, regional commission decisions, and healthcare organization structure. The BCN Database is the firm's most identifiable technical asset and underpins its real-world evidence engagements, including a 2023 retrospective COPD hospital cost analysis published in the Journal of Medical Economics. The firm has accumulated over 100 peer-reviewed publications and maintains memberships in AES, Asebio, and ISPOR.

Commercially, BCN Health runs a sales-led, project-based professional services model with customized, quote-based pricing and no self-service or digital distribution channel. There is no evidence of venture capital or private equity backing; the company is structured as a Spanish Sociedad Limitada with no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, or management team. International pharma subsidiaries are an explicit customer category, but geographic expansion metrics, headcount trends, and revenue figures are not disclosed, limiting visibility into scale and growth.

Name

BCN Health

Legal name

BCN HEALTH ECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH S.L.

Website

https://bcnhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BCN Health is a Barcelona-based independent healthcare consultancy delivering pharmacoeconomics, market access, health technology assessment, real-world evidence, and medical writing services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies, anchored by its proprietary BCN Database of Spanish healthcare data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Health Economics Consulting Services: Professional consulting services in pharmacoeconomics, market access, health technology assessment, real world evidence analysis, and medical writing. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements for pharmaceutical and medical device companies seeking pricing, reimbursement, and regulatory support in the Spanish and international markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BCN Health is an independent healthcare consultancy that delivers pharmacoeconomic modelling, market access strategy, health technology assessment, real world evidence analysis, and medical writing services to pharmaceutical and medical device companies. It also maintains the proprietary BCN Database, comprising five integrated datasets with Spanish health economic information on tariffs, resources, disease costs, drug evaluations, and regional commissions, which underpins its consulting engagements.

Product overview

BCN Health is an independent healthcare consultancy offering a portfolio of complementary services focused on health economics, market access, health technology assessment, real world evidence, and medical writing. The company operates as a service-based consultancy rather than a software product platform. The core service offering includes six main areas: Health Economics (economic modelling and analysis), Market Access (pricing and reimbursement support), Health Technology Assessment, Real World Evidence (database analysis and observational studies), Medical Writing (publication support), and BCN Database (five proprietary databases with Spanish health economics data). These services are offered as professional consulting engagements rather than modular software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BCN Database: A proprietary database containing 5 databases with health economic data, market access information, tariffs, costs, resources, diseases, medicines and healthcare organisation data for Spain.

Products and services

• Health Economics Services Economic modelling services for optimising medical resource allocation and healthcare budgets, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, cost-consequence, and cost minimisation modelling using decision trees, Markov models, and Monte Carlo methods. Designed for pharmaceutical and medical device companies requiring health economic evidence to inform pricing, reimbursement, and coverage decisions.
• Market Access Services Services supporting pricing and reimbursement processes for new drugs, including clinical and pricing dossiers, value-added dossiers, strategic guidance, and post-submission support. Targeted at pharmaceutical companies seeking market entry, pricing, and reimbursement outcomes in the Spanish market.
• Health Technology Assessment Services Systematic evaluation of short- and long-term consequences of health technologies or drugs, informing decision making on safety, efficacy, and societal impact. Serves pharmaceutical and medical device companies as well as public health administrations requiring HTA-style evidence.
• Real World Evidence Services Analysis of complex databases and conduction of statistical and observational studies, including access to national hospital discharge and specialised care databases in Spain. Designed for pharmaceutical and medical device companies needing Spanish real-world evidence to support submissions and positioning.
• Medical Writing Services Writing and publishing of articles in peer-reviewed journals, including study protocols, technical reports, statistical reports, and value dossiers. The BCN Health medical writing team has published more than 100 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Designed for pharmaceutical and medical device clients needing scientific communication support.
• BCN Database Five proprietary databases containing health economics and market access data for Spain, including cost tariffs, resources use, disease costs, drug evaluation reports, Spanish healthcare organisation information, and regional commissions for drug evaluation. Used to underpin BCN Health's consulting engagements and offered as a differentiated data asset supporting client projects.

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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AES - Asociación de Economía de la SaludminorOthersProfessional membership organization for health economics professionals in Spain. BCN Health maintains membership as part of its professional network and industry engagement in the Spanish health economics community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ICON plc: Large CRO with a market access and HEOR offering through its commercial and consulting arms. Provides overlapping services to BCN but at a global, multi-vertical scale.
• Parexel International: Global CRO with established market access and HEOR consulting practice serving pharma and medtech. Broader incumbent competing for similar engagements from larger clients.
• IQVIA: Global CRO with a substantial HEOR and real-world evidence practice. Overlaps with BCN in market access and RWE but operates as part of a much broader portfolio across clinical and commercial services.
• Charles River Associates (CRA Life Sciences): Global consulting firm with a Life Sciences practice providing HEOR, pricing, and market access advisory. Competes with BCN for similar engagement scopes from larger pharma clients.

Direct peers

• Source Health Economics: HEOR consultancy offering economic modeling, systematic reviews, and market access support for pharma clients. Comparable boutique size and methodology stack to BCN.
• Valid Insight: Health economics and market access consultancy providing HEOR, value demonstration, and payer engagement services. Similar scale, geography (Europe), and service mix to BCN Health.
• PHMR (Publications, Health Economics, Market Research): Independent HEOR consultancy offering modeling, literature review, and market access writing services. Direct equivalent in service mix and value proposition as a non-CRO-affiliated specialist.
• Mtech Access: UK-based HEOR and market access consultancy serving pharma and medtech clients. Closely comparable to BCN Health in size, service portfolio (HTA submissions, RWE, value communications), and specialty focus.
• HTA Consulting: Specialist HEOR/HTA consultancy providing modeling and evidence synthesis to pharma and device companies. Directly comparable boutique specialist in the same niche.
• Cogentia Healthcare Consulting: European health economics and market access consultancy with similar country-level HTA dossier focus. Comparable scope of services and pharma client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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