# SIMPSON Healthcare, an IQVIA business

> SIMPSON Healthcare is a scientific communications agency inside IQVIA that helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics and medical-device teams turn clinical evidence into strategy, narratives, expert engagement, publications, training and multimedia content. Founded in 1998 by former Pfizer research scientist Kelly Simpson-Angelini, the agency occupies the consequential space between a therapy's evidence and the people who must understand, evaluate, prescribe or use it.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Old Lyme, United States
- **Founders:** Kelly Simpson-Angelini (Founder, former CEO and Chief Strategy Officer)
- **Products:** Strategic services, KOL and expert engagement, Advisory boards, Scientific and creative content, Real-world evidence analysis
- **Notable:** Named among Connecticut's Best Places to Work repeatedly; the 2024 profile described an 11-year run of recognition., Founder Kelly Simpson-Angelini received a Gold Stevie Award in 2018 in the Women in Business program., Managing director Erin Conlan received a Silver Stevie Award in 2018.

## Products & services

- **Strategic services** — Global-market exploration, strategic brand planning, positioning, launch support and agile brand development.
- **KOL and expert engagement** — Identification, profiling, archetyping, engagement planning, execution, tracking and measurement for key opinion leaders and external experts.
- **Advisory boards** — Planning and facilitation used to pressure-test scientific messaging, clinical data interpretation and brand positioning.
- **Scientific and creative content** — Audience-specific disease, patient-journey and brand materials, including mechanism-of-action videos, branded and disease education, podcasts, broadcasts and webcasts.
- **Real-world evidence analysis** — Real-world case compendiums and standards-of-care analysis designed to inform brand lifecycle strategy.
- **Live and virtual engagement** — Workshops, brainstorms, multistakeholder forums, roundtables, medical congress programs, peer-to-peer programs and virtual conventions.
- **Publication planning and scientific writing** — Publication strategies plus the development of manuscripts, posters and abstracts for journals and congresses.
- **Futuring** — A foresight practice used to explore future scenarios, shape goals and guide decisions for therapeutic brands and patient experiences.

## Achievements

- Named among Connecticut's Best Places to Work repeatedly; the 2024 profile described an 11-year run of recognition.
- Founder Kelly Simpson-Angelini received a Gold Stevie Award in 2018 in the Women in Business program.
- Managing director Erin Conlan received a Silver Stevie Award in 2018.
- Neil Malloy and the national sales team received Stevie recognition in the 2018 Sales & Customer Service awards.
- The company grew from a founder-led 1998 scientific agency into an IQVIA subsidiary and part of a global communications network.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — PharmaLive's 2026 profile of IQVIA Health Communications Group said Simpson had strengthened its strategic and creative capabilities for integrated scientific commercialization and launch support for both small and large pharma.
- **2025-02** — The agency publicly recruited senior medical and scientific communications leaders with experience in promotional healthcare, drug launches, advisory boards and scientific content.
- **2024-06** — Simpson founder Kelly Simpson-Angelini joined IQVIA medical-affairs leaders for a webinar on scientific narrative, internal alignment and orchestrated expert engagement in emerging biopharma.
- **2024-03** — A Connecticut Best Places to Work profile highlighted flexible schedules, home-office stipends, recognition programs and an 11-year record in the program.
- **2023-08** — Updated company privacy materials formally identified Simpson Healthcare as an IQVIA business.

## Links

- Website: https://simpsonhealthcare.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simpson-healthcare-executives_2
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SimpsonHC
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/simpson-healthcare-executives-373763138401

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Last updated: 2026-09-24