LEADERSHIP

Nicola Heffron

SVP, Head of Global Marketing & Market Access

Nicola Heffron is Senior Vice President, Head of Global Marketing & Market Access Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease.

Nicola Heffron

About Nicola

Nicola leads Alexion’s Global Marketing & Market Access team focused on global marketing, global commercial strategy, pricing and market access. Prior to joining Alexion Nicola served as the Chief Operating Officer at 2seventybio, a spin out of bluebird bio. She has more than 25 years of experience across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, primarily in the rare disease and oncology space, including positions with Celgene, Shire, GSK and Lilly.

Nicola holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Bradford University in the U.K. and an MBA from Warwick University.

Tanner, diagnosed with HPP at 4 days old, with a stuffed animal
My hope for Tanner in the future is that he enters into adulthood. I kind of hope that he will be a doctor, and maybe help kids like doctors have helped him.”
RENÉ, TANNER’S MOM LIVING WITH HPP