Annual Lecture
OHE Annual Lecture 2025 | Ten years to turn it around: The economic reality of NHS reform
9 July 2025
With the new NHS 10-Year Plan now published, attention turns from ambition to action. How realistic is the roadmap? What will it take to deliver meaningful…
OHE Annual Lecture 2024 | The Preventive Health Revolution: Live Longer, Live Better
10 September 2024
In this lecture, Professor Andrew Scott re-evaluated prominent perceptions of ageing and argued for the need to focus on a longevity society and explore the key…
The Economics of Health in a Shifting Climate: Insights from the 2023 Annual Lecture
26 September 2023
OHE invited Climate Change Economist, Professor Elizabeth Robinson to give the 2023 Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine. She used the opportunity to demonstrate the importance of a one health perspective when transitioning into a climate-resilient future.
Virtual OHE Annual Lecture 2021: Do Patents Work? Evidence from Pharmaceutical Innovation
28 September 2021
The exceptional circumstances of COVID-19 revived the controversy around patents of pharmaceutical products. A group of specialists suggested that the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights…
How Should the World Pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
31 July 2020
This year’s OHE lecture addressed the question: how should the world pay for a COVID-19 vaccine? The paper by Adrian Towse and Isobel Firth accompanying the…
The 2020 OHE Annual Lecture Explores the Question: How Should the World Pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
25 June 2020
This year’s OHE lecture addresses the question: how should the world pay for a COVID-19 vaccine? Adrian Towse, Emeritus Director of OHE and Senior Research Fellow…
How Should the World Pay for a COVID-19 Vaccine?
29 April 2020
Prof. Adrian Towse discusses the options for funding the development and manufacture of a vaccine, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses, considering what may happen with…
OHE Annual Lecture 2019: The Evolution of U.S. Policy Responses to the Opioid Epidemic
1 August 2019
Professor Richard Frank will deliver the OHE Annual Lecture 2019 on Tuesday 15th October 2019 at The Royal Society, London.
Invitation to OHE’s Annual Lecture 2018: Is There an Economic Case for Investing in the NHS? Really?
11 July 2018
Join OHE for an evening lecture with Professor Peter Smith on Tuesday 4 September 2018 at the Royal College of Physicians, London.