Europe
Assessment of the Impact of Orphan Medicinal Products on the European Economy and Society
1 November 2010
This report examines the effect of the European Union’s 1999 Regulation on Orphan Medicinal Products (OMPs) on the European economy and society. This study collected data…
New Drugs to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: EU Policy Options
1 October 2010
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to drugs, a natural and unavoidable consequence of treating infectious diseases, is a growing global public health threat. The EU Commission is to…
Health Care Services and the Single European Market
1 September 2008
In 2008, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border health care. This followed two 1998 landmark…
European Medicines Pricing and Reimbursement: Now and the Future
1 January 2007
Available from Radcliffe publishing: https://www.radcliffe-oxford.com/books/bookdetail.aspx?ISBN=184619184X Published in association with the Office of Health Economics this book is a vital, non-technical guide illuminating recent developments within the…
Health Services in Europe: 1988
1 September 1988
The Office of Health Economics first drew attention to the fact that every country in Europe had some form of prepaid national health care scheme in…
Patterns of European Diagnoses and Prescribing
1 January 1984
In the summer of 1982 the Medico-Pharmaceutical Forum held a meeting on ‘Disparities in European Medicine’. The aim was to compare and contrast the various aspects…
Ill in Europe
1 October 1982
People pay for some health care themselves out of income and savings. In Britain, out of a total expenditure on health care of all kinds of…
Price Comparisons of Identical Products in Japan, the United States and Europe
1 August 1981
The promotion of an environment in which the multinational research-based pharmaceutical industry can flourish has been and will continue to be reliant upon a well-informed and…
Trends in European Health Spending
5 January 1981
In Europe, as in other developed countries, health expenditures have recently been rising proportionately faster than national wealth. Between 1960 and 1978 the percentage of gross…