Started in November 2002, Cheiron Inc. is a full-service financial analysis and actuarial consulting firm. Based in Mc Lean, Va., it provides a range of consulting services in pensions, and health and welfare. Its X-scan products, such as medical CAT-scan, are designed to diagnose the financial health of institutional funds/programs, P-scan for pension funds, H-scan for health and welfare programs and B-scan for pension plan benefit calculations and estimates. The company has affiliations with Axene Health Partners.