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Old Age
1 July 1968
…has not been, however, over many generations, much progress in increasing this span, nor has there been much progress in increasing the mental and physical fitness of individual old persons….
The Many Faces of Innovation
1 June 2012
…the discussion of competition in pharmaceutical R&D. In the context of increasing pressure on health care payers in Europe, the definition of what constitutes “innovation” has become both muddled and…
Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMs Programme
1 April 2012
…profile, asks patients to classify their health based on levels of problems (“no”, “some”, ”extreme”). The second is the EQ-VAS, which asks patients to indicate their overall health on a…
Age of Maturity
1 July 1969
…during which, while many careers are still reaching a peak, a decline in physical and mental powers has already begun to set in. As middle age is entered, a new…
Pharmaceutical Industry and Society: a Study of the Changing Environment and Economics of the International Industry
1 July 1972
This paper is based on a symposium held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology by the Office of Health Economics in 1972. Our ancestors died or recovered with…
Canberra Hypothesis: the Economics of the Prescription Medicine Market
1 July 1975
The burden of this paper was that it was a fundamental misconception to believe that price competition was lacking in the prescription medicine market, at least in the context of…
The New Global Economics of Vaccines: Will the Scientific Potential Be Realised?
1 January 2007
…large multinationals that have recently returned to the market, as well as some new small start-ups. Notwithstanding these recent developments, it is worth revisiting the fundamental economic aspects of the…
Sources of Information for Prescribing Doctors in Britain
9 January 1977
…the content and volume of this information under the National Health Service. In response, the pharmaceutical manufacturers have accepted that in this respect they have to operate in a politically…
Viral Hepatitis in Britain
1 January 1977
…have been neglected. These groups include recipients of blood transfusions; patients and staff in renal dialysis units; health care personnel, especially those engaged on laboratory work; residents and staff living…