Generics
Incentives for R&D for New Antimicrobial Drugs
1 April 2011
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a major global public health threat and has begun to command attention from European and US policy makers. An initial focus…
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…
Anaesthesia
1 February 1976
Anaesthesia is the art or science of rendering the patient unaware, thereby providing an indispensable foundation for surgery. Although man had unsuccessfully been attempting to eliminate…
Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry
1 July 1969
It has generally been the policy of OHE, in this series of occasional papers, to avoid controversial topics directly involving the pharmaceutical manufacturers, who still provide…
Early Diagnosis of Anaemia
1 July 1968
Iron deficiency anaemia is a very common condition in the United Kingdom. Prevalence is greatest amongst women of child-bearing age and elderly men and women. Detection…