R&D Incentives
The Dynamics of Drug Shortages
9 January 2024
Drug shortages are an industry-wide problem. Numerous factors may be considered as contributing to drug shortages across the globe. In this report, we discuss the global issue of drug shortages, summarise the main reasons for shortages as presented in the literature and our quantitative analysis. Finally, we provide recommendations for policy makers.
Breaking the European Deadlock: Part 2 – Transferable Exclusivity Vouchers – Effective Pull Incentive or a Policy Distraction?
4 January 2024
This is part 2 of the insight series which explores how progress towards an effective pull incentive for antibiotics can be made in Europe.
New Drugs to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Breaking the European Deadlock: Part 1 – Defining Objectives
25 May 2023
The EU Commission has set out important but controversial proposals for an AMR pull incentive for new antibiotics. In the first of this insight series, we set out seven objectives an EU fit-for-purpose pull incentive should work to achieve.
Incentives for New Drugs to Tackle Anti-Microbial Resistance
1 May 2017
Resistance to antibiotics is growing, posing a major health risk in rich and poor countries. Additional ways of rewarding R&D are required. Mechanisms designed to encourage…
Summary Report of the OHE/EFPIA Antibacterial Roundtable
1 November 2011
Antibacterial drug resistance is a serious and growing worldwide problem that threatens our ability to cure traditionally treatable diseases and to successfully perform numerous surgical procedures…
New Drugs to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Analysis of EU Policy Options
1 April 2011
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to drugs is a natural and unavoidable consequence of treating infectious diseases. A growing global public health threat, AMR reduces the chances of…
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…
Priority Review Vouchers to Encourage Innovation for Neglected Diseases
1 January 2011
Priority Review Vouchers (PRVs) are awarded in the US to companies that gain approval there for a new drug for one of sixteen tropical diseases, under…
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…