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The Economics of Antibiotics – Part 2: Value Assessment within the NICE-NHS AMR Pilot

12 October 2022

This second blog focuses on the value assessment used within the NICE-NHS England AMR pilot, which is crucial for capturing an antibiotic’s value so the subscription model can reward those with higher value.

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OHE Critique of CBO’S Pharmaceutical Investment Model Provides Warning for Policymakers on Reliability of Estimates

3 December 2021

As US policymakers consider the potential implications of the drug pricing reforms contained within the Build Back Better Act, OHE releases a critique of the Congressional…

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Opportunities to Increase Efficiency in Healthcare

6 October 2020

Case studies explored more and less successful practices when delivering healthcare across four priority areas (screening, disease management and standardised patient pathways, rational use of medicines and healthcare associated infections). Results were used to simulate cost-savings and patient outcomes.

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Assessing the Productivity Value of Vaccines in Health Technology Assessment: Worth a Shot?

17 September 2020

The inclusion of productivity value in the appraisal of health technologies is a subject of ongoing debate. In this blog, we discuss the potential impact of…

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Are Discount Rates Used in UK Vaccine Economic Evaluations Jeopardising Investment in Immunisation Programmes?

4 August 2020

In a recently published OHE Consulting Report, we report the long-term return on investment (ROI) per £1 spent on various vaccination programmes from the perspective of…

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NICE ‘Optimised’ Recommendations: What Do They Mean for Patient Access?

30 July 2020

OHE publishes a report quantifying the level of patient access associated with NICE ‘optimised’ recommendations.

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OHE Authors Develop a Supply and Demand Model of Pharmaceutical Markets to Set Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds to Maximise and Distribute Social Welfare

15 June 2020

OHE authors develop a supply and demand model of pharmaceutical markets to analyse the social welfare distribution between consumers (payers) and developers (industry) to set an…

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Indication-Based Pricing: Are We All Onboard?

12 May 2020

A move towards paying multiple prices for medicines (depending on what they are used for) could address a commonly cited problem in drug development and increase…

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Are Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Fit for Purpose for Real-World Decision Making on Access to and Pricing of Pharmaceuticals? A New OHE Paper on Current Methods and Practices, and a Novel Approach for Optimal Thresholds

3 March 2020

OHE has published a white paper discussing the relative merits and shortfalls of current approaches to defining, estimating, and applying cost-effectiveness thresholds in HTA. This will…