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Using Competition with Care: Comment on the Revised Regulations for the NHS

19 March 2013

OHE’s Jon Sussex has studied and written extensively on competition in the NHS. He was a member of the OHE Commission on Competition in the NHS…

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OHE This Week: BioWales 2013, UK Medicines Market and EQ-5D in Asia

18 March 2013

19 March: Jon Sussex will be at BioWales 2013 speaking on the health and wider economic benefits of life sciences research. 21 March: Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz will…

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OHE has a Fixed-Term Opening for an Economist

15 March 2013

OHE is recruiting a highly motivated, experienced and energetic economist on a fixed term contract to contribute to its core activities. Applications must be received by…

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Reasons for Discontinuation of R&D Projects: Lead and Follow-on Indications

12 March 2013

The reasons for discontinuation of R&D projects in the biopharmaceutical industry are often a matter of conjecture. In a recent presentation to the 25th Annual EuroMeeting…

The Effect of Free Personal Care for the Elderly on Informal Caregiving
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Does Free Personal Care for the Elderly Reduce Informal Caregiving?

25 February 2013

Debates about whether to increase state assistance to the elderly have included concerns that this could reduce the amount of care from such personal caregivers, producing…

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Review of Plans for Refining Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures

19 February 2013

At a recent meeting of the Pharmaceutical Onology Initiative’s (POI) HTA group, OHE’s Nancy Devlin provided an overview of the EuroQol Group’s scientific research agenda for…

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In Memoriam: George Teeling Smith, OHE’s First Director

17 February 2013

Professor George Teeling Smith OBE, who set up the Office of Health Economics in 1962 and served as its Director for three decades, died unexpectedly on…

Prof Towse on valuing genomic medicines
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Spotlight on OHE: Understanding Value Based Pricing

12 February 2013

Value based pricing (VBP) is increasingly common in health care systems worldwide. OHE continues to make important contributions to the debate about VBP approaches and application…

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New Research: Achieving Efficient Prices for Drugs in a Global Context

7 February 2013

With Prof Patricia Danzon of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, OHE’s Adrian Towse and Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz have released an important working paper that addresses how…