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An Insurance Framework for Funding New Antibiotics
22 September 2017
…Goodall, Mark Hirsch, and John Rex. Healthcare systems depend on the availability of new antibiotics. However, there is a lack of treatments for infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens…
Taking STRIDES: The value of diagnostics against AMR
10 June 2025
…systematic undervaluation of their contributions across health systems. AMR diagnostics are not consistently or comprehensively assessed through value assessment or reimbursement frameworks, meaning their broader societal and population-level benefits are…
A global landscape analysis of access to tumour-agnostic therapies
1 December 2025
…histology. The path from regulatory approval to patient access remains highly variable and complex across jurisdictions. Regulatory, HTA and reimbursement approaches vary widely across key national health systems. Diagnostic access…
Breaking the European Deadlock: Part 2 – Transferable Exclusivity Vouchers – Effective Pull Incentive or a Policy Distraction?
4 January 2024
…by Member States following their approval of the scheme. Funding is raised from health systems by delaying the introduction of generic or biosimilar versions of the products for which a…
Drivers of the Growth in Medicines Expenditure
1 October 1997
Increases in expenditure on medicines, above the level of increases in health care expenditure generally, are a feature of all Western health systems, including the UK’s. This paper examines the…
Benchmarking and Incentives in the NHS
5 January 2000
…the application of benchmarking in the UK National Health Service (NHS). A key… propper-article Carol Propper This paper examines general issues in the use of benchmarking as a measure of…
Prices, Competition and Regulation in Pharmaceuticals: A Cross-National Comparison
1 June 2000
…R&D that serve all consumers. The potential for price differences within the EU arises because health care is a national policy prerogative and different countries have pursued very different regulatory…
Reducing Harm to Patients in the National Health Service. Will the Government’s Compensation Proposals Help?
1 December 2003
The UK government hopes that the proposals in the report of the Department of Health’s Chief Medical Officer “Making Amends” (CMO, 2003) will make its NHS safer whilst ensuring that…
NICE at 25: HTA Methods Guidelines – Evolution, not revolution
1 May 2024
…health inequalities in health technology evaluations. NICE has done some research in the health inequalities space, but NICE’s position does not currently allow for a quantitative modifier for health inequalities…