News
OHE Appoints Principal Health Economist: Dr Alastair Fischer
14 March 2016
OHE is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Alastair Fischer as a Principal Health Economist. Alastair joined the team at the end of February 2016.
New Publication: Spillovers between Public and Private Sector Biomedical and Health Research
8 March 2016
OHE’s Yan Feng and Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz have co-authored a new publication on quantifying the spillovers between public and private sector biomedical and health research and development…
Recently published: Are Wider Societal Effects Considered in Healthcare Decision-making?
29 February 2016
Health interventions can produce economic gains for patients and national economies. In practice, however, the health-wealth link is rarely considered.
Just Published: OHE Report on Trends in Scottish Medicines Committee Advice Decisions
25 February 2016
An analysis in the trends in Scottish Medicines Committee (SMC) advice decisions for medicines for the period October 2009 to September 2015 has just been published…
New Publication: Headroom Approach to Device Development
23 February 2016
OHE’s Amanda Cole co-authors a new publication on the headroom approach, which can help assess the commercial value and viability of medical device development.
OHE’s Nancy Devlin appointed as Honorary Professor, University of Sheffield.
16 February 2016
The Readerships and Personal Chairs Committee of the University of Sheffield has conferred on OHE’s Nancy Devlin the title of Honorary Professor of Health Economics.
New ISPOR Task Force Report on Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
9 February 2016
Professor Nancy Devlin co-chaired the ISPOR task force on uses of MCDA in health care decision making. The first report from the task force has just…
New Publications: Study Design Considerations in Health State Valuation Research
2 February 2016
Two new papers, just published in Value in Health, examine the design of health state valuation studies.
From the Antipodes to the Motherland: Reflections on HTA Decision Makers as Budget Takers and Budget Makers
19 January 2016
Paula Lorgelly, Deputy Director of OHE, reviews HTA decision making processes in three comparable countries, and considers the agency problem and possible solutions.