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Measuring the Social Benefits of Medicine
1 July 1983
…measurement are needed in the 1980s. Finally, it examines some aspects of the challenge presented by the new attempts to measure the social benefits of medicines. In covering this general…
Around the World in HTAs: Canada – Autonomous yet Collaborative
9 April 2025
…consistency between systems. Each system may interpret ‘medically necessary’ according to their needs and priorities, resulting in some variability between systems. Notably, prescription and over-the counter medicines are not covered…
New: 50 Years of OHE Publications Are Available Online
2 April 2012
…1968 Medicines Act made prior approval mandatory and created the Committee on the Safety of Medicines. 1962 also was the year that Sir James Black discovered the first clinically significant…
Multi-indication Pricing: Pros, Cons and Applicability to the UK
28 October 2015
…different price for each major indication approved for a medicine. As value is likely to differ across major indications, if prices paid for on-patent medicines are to reflect their value,…
Innovative Chemical Extensions: The Economic Basis of Pharmaceutical Progress
1 December 1988
…available. These findings are strong arguments against the introduction of so-called ‘need clauses’ in decisions to licence or reimburse a new medicine. And the true value of what are often…
How Does Pharmaceutical Spending Drive Innovation in Europe?
7 February 2022
…how much a pharmaceutical company needs to generate in revenue to develop a new medicine that is approved for use in patients. The answer is, of course, that it depends….
Finance of Medical Research
7 January 1964
…to the chest, heart and brain and in to the extremes of life; general medicine is concerned with molecular biology, auto-immune disease and human genetics; psychological medicine now offers some…
Pharmaceutical Research: the Case for Growth in Britain
1 July 1967
…earnings from the sale of innovations in world markets. This paper is concerned only with research relating to medicine. However, the picture which emerges and the lessons which can be…
2010 Lecture: US Health Care Reform
27 May 2010
…year, the OHE sponsors a lecture that explores a timely issue in medicine and/or health economics. Last year’s lecture, by Prof Tony Atkinson, summarized in this blog, focused on measuring…