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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Is There a Productivity Crisis in Pharmaceutical R&D?

6 January 2012

This Seminar Briefing recounts the key points made by Prof Riccaboni, from the University of Trento, at a recent OHE Lunchtime Seminar.  It focuses primarily on…

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The Many Faces of Innovation

1 June 2012

This report provides a clear explanation of the nature of innovation in medicines.  A fully revised and expanded version of the 2005 edition, it updates the literature…

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The Use of Pay-for-Performance for Drugs: Can It Improve Incentives for Innovation?

1 February 2012

Interest is growing in schemes that involve “paying for pills by results”, that is, “paying for performance” rather than merely “paying for pills”.  Despite its intuitive…

Assessing value and balancing needs in health care
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Spotlight on OHE: Assessing Value and Balancing Needs in Health Care

15 December 2011

During the last quarter of 2011, OHE team members were involved in discussions and presentations in a range of forums, covering each of OHE’s three areas…

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Research Funding and Economic Growth

9 December 2011

Increasingly, governments in the UK and throughout Europe see R&D driven growth as the best way out of the financial crisis. The Government identifies the ‘UK’s…

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Upcoming OHE Seminars: MCDA and R&D Productivity

16 November 2011

Join OHE for two exciting seminars, one on MCDA and the other on shifts in investment in R&D.

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Antibacterials: Roundtable Addresses the Critical Issues

10 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…

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Spotlight on OHE: Measuring Preferences, HTA Benchmarking, Value-Based Pricing, and Rationing

13 October 2011

This post reviews OHE’s activities in September 2011 that contributed to advancing thought and stimulating innovative ideas in its three key research areas: financing and delivery…

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OHE in the Spotlight: Summer 2011

22 September 2011

This is the first in a series of posts that will review OHE’s contributions to advancing thought and stimulating innovative ideas in its three key research…