Research Funding
‘Macro’ Evaluation of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
1 May 2017
The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) was established in April 2007. OHE and RAND Europe were commissioned by the Oxford BRC to undertake a programme of…
Exploring the Interdependencies of Research Funders in the UK
1 July 2014
As earlier OHE research has demonstrated, sources of funding for medical research—public, charity and private sector—are complementary, not duplicative. The three sectors also differ in their…
Exploring the Interdependency between Public and Charitable Medical Research
1 April 2011
Continuing concern about the fiscal deficit makes it likely that government funding of health and medical research will remain under scrutiny. This OHE Consulting study, commissioned…
Forward Together: Complementarity of Public and Charitable Research with Respect to Private Research Spending
9 January 2009
The debate continues as to whether public/charitable research replaces private research that otherwise would have occurred, or stimulates additional private research, or does neither. Given the…
Medical Research: What’s It Worth?
1 November 2008
Understanding the nature, extent and processes involved in the return on investment in medical research has been largely neglected as an area of serious scientific study.…
Institutions for Industrial Competitiveness in the International Pharmaceutical Industry
3 January 2003
One of the main characteristics of the pharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology, is the important role played by public institutions. Their role is not only focused on…
Crisis in Research
1 April 1986
In 1983 almost £6.6 billion was spent on research and development in the United Kingdom. This sum was five times that recorded in 1972 and even…
Health Care Research Expenditure
1 June 1978
In the financial year 1976-77 over £220 million was spent on health care research in the United Kingdom. Taking account of recent expenditure growth and making…
Finance of Medical Research
7 January 1964
The explosive progress of medical science during the past twenty-five years has brought about a revolution in the health of the community and in the problems…