Real World Evidence (RWE)
RWE describes evidence relating to patient health or experience or care delivery collected in the ‘real world’, i.e. outside of controlled research studies. The quality of RWE varies widely and its use is not consistently accepted but it has the potential to reduce uncertainty and improve decision-making.
Cost and Benefits of Pharmaceutical Research
1 May 1987
These papers are a selection from those prepared for a seminar held jointly by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Office of Health…
Crisis in Research
1 April 1986
In 1983 almost £6.6 billion was spent on research and development in the United Kingdom. This sum was five times that recorded in 1972 and even…
Pharmaceutical Innovation: Recent Trends, Future Prospects
1 October 1983
Therapeutic progress in recent decades has made a major contribution to reductions in mortality and has extended control to the symptoms of many chronic diseases. Thus…
Health Care Research Expenditure
1 June 1978
In the financial year 1976-77 over £220 million was spent on health care research in the United Kingdom. Taking account of recent expenditure growth and making…
Finance of Medical Research
7 January 1964
The explosive progress of medical science during the past twenty-five years has brought about a revolution in the health of the community and in the problems…