Economics of Innovation

Optimal innovation balances willingness and ability to pay with the benefits of future R&D. Our wide-ranging programme aims to promote innovation in health care, increase our understanding of its value, and encourage R&D. New models of innovation should streamline development, reduce costs, and speed patient benefit.

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Documento de debate sobre la fijación de precios en función de la indicación (IBP) ¿Deben variar los precios de los medicamentos según la indicación?

1 June 2019

Cada vez más, los avances científicos desarrollan nuevas medicinas que permiten mejoras en la supervivencia y calidad de vida para diversas indicaciones terapéuticas. La fijación de…

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Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) Discussion Paper: Should drug prices differ by indication?

1 May 2019

Increasingly, scientific advances are delivering new medicines that deliver improved survival and quality of life across multiple treatment indications. Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) has been proposed as…

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The WHO Technical Report on the Pricing of Cancer Medicines: Missing a central role for HTA and value assessment

1 April 2019

The WHO Technical Report: Pricing of cancer medicines and its impacts (“the Report”) was published in order to address requests made in a resolution adopted by…

Value, Access, and Incentives for Innovation - Policy Perspectives on Alternative Models for Pharmaceutical Rebates
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Value, Access, and Incentives for Innovation: Policy Perspectives on Alternative Models for Pharmaceutical Rebates

1 March 2019

OHE Research Paper 19/02: The combination of rising drug costs in the US and increasing financial stress for individual patients has triggered intense national concern. One…

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Early Experience with Health Technology Assessment of Gene Therapies in the United States: Pricing and Paying for Cures

1 February 2019

Gene therapies, which can provide cures for diseases, are a new area of research for ICER. Some are within two to three years of becoming available…

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Making the Most of Health Data to Deliver Pharmaceutical Innovation: What Are the Legal Barriers?

20 December 2018

OHE publishes a report on the legal barriers to the better use of health data to deliver pharmaceutical innovation.

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Approaches, Challenges and Successful Stories of Multi-indication Pricing in Europe

28 November 2018

Multi-Indication Pricing: Practical Solutions and Steps to Move Forward. A summary of an HTAi panel session.

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Presentations from ISPOR Europe 2018

23 November 2018

OHE staff recently attended the ISPOR Europe conference in Barcelona. In this blog post, we share a selection of our presentations.

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New Publication: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and Health Technology Assessment

12 October 2018

A new publication in the European Journal of Health Economics identifies potential challenges of ATMPs in view of current health technology assessment (HTA) methodology and explores…