Drug Development/R&D
New medicines lead to improved patient outcomes and societal benefits, but R&D is a long and costly process. Ongoing health economics research aims to find the right balance between incentivising manufacturers to innovate and ensuring affordable access for health systems.
Join OHE for Its 50th Anniversary Annual Lecture with Sir Michael Rawlins
12 April 2012
Every year, OHE sponsors a lecture by an eminent economist or clinician that addresses an important current issue.
Overview of the Economics of the Market for Medicines in the UK
29 March 2012
OHE’s Dr Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Economics at City University London. As part of his 2012 activities, he recently gave…
Spotlight on OHE: Valuing Spillovers, End-of-Life Decisions and Hospital Outcomes
20 March 2012
OHE’s outside activities in early 2012 focused on spillovers, HTA decision making, and measuring health outcomes.
The R&D Cost of a New Medicine
1 December 2012
The cost of R&D for a successful new medicine has been an important policy issue at least since the 1960s. Cost estimates matter not just because…
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…
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…
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…
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…