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.
Overview of the OHE Study on the Cost of Drug Development Presented
29 January 2013
OHE’s Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz reviewed the results of OHE’s recent study on the R&D cost of developing a new drug at a seminar at University College London.…
R&D Cost Drivers to be Explained by OHE Expert
18 January 2013
Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, lead author on OHE’s recent report on the cost of developing new drugs, will be discussing the important cost drivers at an upcoming UCL…
The challenges and economics of drug development in 2022
1 July 2013
Based on OHE’s 50th anniversary conference, this publication captures the views of thought leaders from around the world about the scientific and economic climate for drug…
Projecting Expenditure on Medicines in the NHS
4 January 2013
Medicines account for less than 10% of total NHS expenditure in the UK. Because spending on medicines is easy to separate out, however, this sector continues…
OHE Study on Pharmaceutical R&D Costs Released
3 December 2012
How much it costs to research and develop a successful new medicine has been an important policy issue at least since the 1960s. Cost estimates matter…
New Study of Time Lags in Translating Medical Research into Practice
30 November 2012
One of the greatest challenges in biomedical and health research is ensuring that research findings are translated effectively and without undue delay from ‘bench to bedside’.…
Value Based Pricing in Sweden: Lessons for Design?
28 November 2012
OHE has just published a Seminar Briefing by Ulf Persson, head of the Swedish Institute of Health Economics, which reviews experience with the Swedish value based…
Tracking Changes in the Causes of Death in England and Wales
25 October 2012
OHE’s health and health care statistics service long has been respected as a source of reliable data. In an OHE Briefing just published, OHE uses this…
Join OHE in a Seminar to Discuss IP, Innovation and the Human Genome
19 October 2012
In this OHE lunchtime seminar, Prof Heidi Williams of MIT will present the results of a recent paper using newly-collected data on the sequencing of the…