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Pharmaceutical Industry and Society: a Study of the Changing Environment and Economics of the International Industry
1 July 1972
…over-riding purpose of scientific research is nosiness; the over-riding purpose of medicine is recovery from or avoidance of illness; yet both over-riding purposes are subordinated to the practical test of…
Rheumatism and Arthritis in Britain
1 March 1973
During the past Century the general improvement in living standards and the development of modem medicine have eliminated infectious disease as a major cause of mortality in Britain. The life…
OHE’s contribution to health economics
1 May 2023
…and Tropical Medicine, OHE’s blended role of carrying out research while facilitating the contribution of industry in debates about policy is valuable. OHE has been ever-present and enduring and that…
Competition through Innovation, Innovation through Competition
1 November 1998
…policy debates that companies, in their pursuit of profits, are not investing in truly innovative medicines (Wastila et. al, 1989; Benzi, 1996). These industry critics ‘contend that profit incentives motivate…
Pharmaceutical Innovation: Recent Trends, Future Prospects
1 October 1983
…period of ‘therapeutic transition’ in which new medicines have increasingly fallen into this category, that is they have had a greater impact on the quality of life than on beta…
Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries
1 July 1983
…of medicines. As a contribution to the discussion in this area, OHE is… The Office of Health Economics has recently widened its scope to take a special interest in the…
Consumer Movement, Health, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
1 January 1983
…medicines is a slow and problematic process there is a sound reason for all those involved in the health sector, including medicine makers, to participate in efforts aimed at overcoming…
Benefiting Sooner from Medical Research
3 February 2015
…sources. The technologies in the seven case studies range from medicines to public health measures to behavioural therapy to a service reorganisation aimed at early intervention. Overall we found…
The Broader Value of Existing Vaccines in the Fight Against COVID-19: Beware of Tunnel Vision
8 October 2020
…and appraising the strength of evidence. BMC Medicine, 13(1), p.209. 10.1186/s12916-015-0446-9. Ostermann, H., Garau, J., Medina, J., et al., 2014. Resource use by patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Europe:…