Macroeconomics
The Links of Public Health and Economic Development
5 January 2001
I am really grateful to have the chance to spend an hour with you to talk about a subject of enormous importance. I am particularly gratified…
Value of the Pharmaceutical Industry to the UK Economy
1 June 1995
Although there is widespread agreement about the important role the pharmaceutical industry plays in the U K economy, there is no easily available source presenting the chief figures in a clear and easily interpretable way. The purpose of this paper is to do precisely that. It is based on serious research and analysis by economists, and provides a perspective within which the industry may be understood, and criticised, and assessed.
Needs of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers from Their Medical Departments in the 1980s
1 February 1983
This paper was originally written for the benefit of a single pharmaceutical company. However the company agreed when it was commissioned that it should be made…
Economic Aspects of the Development of New Medicines
1 January 1981
A lecture, on the economics of developing new drugs, particularly in relation to whether this should be a national or private enterprise. I have chosen to…
Estimating Pharmaceutical Companies’ Value to the Nation: Case Study of the British Pharma Group
1 February 2007
Innovation in Industry: a Factor for Growth
1 July 1969
Over the past few years there has been a growing concern with Britain’s record of industrial innovation based upon technology. This stems from two factors. Firstly,…
Innovation Balance of Payments: the Experience of the Pharmaceutical Industry
1 July 1967
Symposium held at the Imperial College of Science and Technology by the Office of Health Economics This book is a published version of the second series…
Pharmaceutical Research: the Case for Growth in Britain
1 July 1967
ONE of the problems in Britain today is that too little of its academic research is associated with successful innovation in industry. The result is that…