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How Restrictive are NICE ‘Optimised’ Decisions?

27 April 2023

NICE makes ‘optimised’ decisions to support use of medicines in smaller groups of patients. Between 2020 to 2022, 56% of optimised decisions recommended treatment for less than half of eligible patients.

Incentivising New Antibiotics: Designing a Value-Based Delinked Pull Incentive Mechanism
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Incentivising New Antibiotics: Designing a Value-Based Delinked Pull Incentive Mechanism

30 March 2023

In this report, we describe the design of a globally aligned, value-based, fully-delinked pull incentive, where payers provide manufacturers with a pre-specified subscription fee based on the value of the antibiotic, regardless of the volume used.

Supporting the Era of Green Pharmaceuticals in the UK
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Supporting the Era of Green Pharmaceuticals in the UK

1 November 2022

This report sets out the high-priority activities that the NHS, UK government and industry should undertake to tackle the challenge of reducing the NHS’s carbon footprint.

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Allocating Public Spending Efficiently: Is There a Need for a Better Mechanism to Inform Decisions in the UK and Elsewhere?

16 June 2021

Our new paper explores the evidence currently being used to allocate budgets between public sector activities in the UK and its limitations. We argue that there…

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Realising The Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK: Ready for Prime Time?

1 February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the broad and devastating health, economic and societal impact of a highly infectious and deadly disease. In addition to the human…

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The Broader Value of Vaccines: The Return on Investment From a Governmental Perspective

1 August 2020

Most value assessments of vaccination programs are carried out by taking the perspective of the health system. To stimulate the debate concerning the broader value of vaccination beyond this perspective, this report quantifies the related return on investment to the UK government.

Realising the Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK
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Realising the Broader Value of Vaccines in the UK

8 January 2020

Many health technology assessment (HTA) agencies limit their assessment of vaccines to individual health benefits and the costs associated with vaccine administration and the disease avoided.…

NICE ‘Optimised’ Decisions: What is the Recommended Level of Patient Access?
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NICE ‘Optimised’ Decisions: What is the Recommended Level of Patient Access?

7 January 2020

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the use of interventions including medicines in the National Health Service in England based…

Delivering the 2.4 Percent: Unlocking UK Pharma R&D Investment through Evidence-Based Policies
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Delivering the 2.4 Percent: Unlocking UK Pharma R&D Investment through Evidence-Based Policies

1 June 2020

In the 2017 Industrial Strategy, the Government committed to increasing investment in UK Research and Development to the OECD-average of 2.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)…