Innovation
Drivers of the Growth in Medicines Expenditure
1 October 1997
Increases in expenditure on medicines, above the level of increases in health care expenditure generally, are a feature of all Western health systems, including the UK’s.…
Industrial Policy and the Pharmaceutical Industry
1 January 1995
Governments cannot avoid policy interaction with the pharmaceutical industry. They are responsible for both ‘health and safety’ and ‘economic’ regulation. The former primarily governs the licensing…
The Impact of Behavioural and Biomedical Advance on Health Trends over the Next 25 Years
11 January 1994
Recent decades have seen a significant improvement in the health status of citizens in Western Europe and the USA. This is evident from death rate statistics…
Chronic Venous Diseases of the Leg
1 December 1992
This report is about varicose veins and the range of venous diseases of the legs, including chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and venous ulcers, that people with…
Innovative Competition in Medicine
1 January 1992
It is almost twenty years since I realised the significance of Schumpeter’s work to the pharmaceutical industry. But since the references to his conclusions in ‘The…
Innovative Chemical Extensions: The Economic Basis of Pharmaceutical Progress
1 December 1988
This is an important paper based on original economic analyses of the new entrants to various pharmaceutical sub-markets. To use a sporting analogy, it indicates that…
Cost and Benefits of Pharmaceutical Research
1 May 1987
These papers are a selection from those prepared for a seminar held jointly by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Office of Health…
What Are My Chances Doctor? – a Review of Clinical Risks
1 November 1986
Half a century ago little attention was paid to the risks associated with medical and surgical treatment. The hazards of sickness itself were so obvious, that…
Politics of Prescribing
1 January 1985
This briefing is based on a lecture given by George Teeling Smith. At present Britain is one of the seven most successful countries in the world…