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.

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Seminar Briefing: The UK Biotech Sector and Brexit

1 May 2018

In this paper, Sir Geoffrey Owen and Dr Michael Hopkins discuss ‘The UK Biotech Sector and Brexit: Past Performance and Future Prospects’.

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New Publications: Optimal Development and Use of Real-World Evidence for Coverage and Formulary Decisions

18 April 2018

Just published are two new reports that explore the use of real world evidence for coverage and formulary decisions. The publications represent 1) the background paper…

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R&D, Competition and Diffusion of Innovation in the EU: The Case of Hepatitis C

1 July 2018

Using a multidisciplinary methodological approach combining a theoretical economic framework with uptake/market share analyses by country and interviews, this OHE research concludes that: (i) IP incentives…

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Antimicrobials Resistance: A Call for Multi-disciplinary Action. How Can HTA Help? A Summary of a Symposium held at HTAi Rome 2017

31 October 2017

OHE has just published a new briefing entitled ‘Antimicrobials Resistance: A Call for Multi-disciplinary Action. How Can HTA Help?’

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Opportunities for Utilising ‘Real World Data’ in South Korea

20 October 2017

OHE publishes a report assessing the capacity in South Korea for the collection and use of real-world data in health care.

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OHE Lunchtime Seminar: The UK Biotech Sector and Brexit: Past Performance and Future Prospects

25 September 2017

OHE Lunchtime Seminar with Sir Geoffrey Owen and Professor Michael Hopkins. The biotech sector of the US has enjoyed a success that the UK sector has…

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An Insurance Framework for Funding New Antibiotics

22 September 2017

A new paper sets out an insurance model as part of a global solution to incentivise R&D for new antibiotics to tackle multi-drug resistance. It offers…

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Postdoctoral Position in The Economics of Life Sciences R&D

27 June 2017

The Structural Genomics Consortium Oxford, University of Oxford, in collaboration with OHE (Prof Adrian Towse) and Dr Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Position in…

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Professor Dame Sally Davies: Ten Years of the NIHR: Achievements and Challenges for the Next Decade

15 June 2017

In November 2016 Professor Dame Sally Davies delivered the 23rd OHE Annual Lecture on the topic of: Ten Years of the NIHR: Achievements and Challenges for…