Use of Medicines
Medicines aim to cure diseases, or at least relieve symptoms, to enable longer, healthier and more productive lives. Access to appropriate medicines, used sustainably, has substantial benefits for community health and related economic indicators.
Immunoglobulin sustainability in the United Kingdom
8 October 2026
Our report, commissioned and funded by argenx, looks at the challenges to Ig sustainability and assesses four potential policy responses.
Unlocking the broader value of biologic therapies through biosimilar-enabled access and repositioning
23 September 2026
Biologic medicines account for over 40% of global pharmaceutical spend. When originator patents expire, biosimilar competition should drive prices down, generating cost-savings, broadening access, and improving…
When antibiotics stop working: the hidden crisis in plain sight
12 May 2026
Grace Hampson is joined by Lotte Steuten, Deputy CEO of the Office of Health Economics and David McKinney, Co-founder of ARMoR, to dig into the market failures surrounding the AMR crisis and…
Why do we expect obesity medicines to work differently?
5 March 2026
Weight regain after stopping GLP-1 medicines isn’t a treatment failure — it shows that obesity is a chronic, relapsing condition. Like other long-term therapies, benefits last only while treatment continues. Reframing obesity this way can improve outcomes and reduce stigma.
Pharmacogenomics Testing: A Crucial Piece to Unlocking the Full Value of Medicines
5 June 2025
Join us for an online CERSI-PGx Health Economics Workshop on 10 June 2025, from 13:00–17:00 BST, with experts from NHS England, NICE, the University of Manchester, and Bangor University.
Understanding the Full Value of Long-Acting Therapies: less is more?
7 May 2025
Long-acting (LA) therapies represent a significant innovation in pharmaceutical development by offering a sustained drug effect with reduced administration frequency.
The Cost of Drug Shortages
16 September 2024
Across the globe, drug shortages are becoming increasingly common.
Drug shortages are on the rise – but what is their impact?
16 September 2024
In this article, we discuss the global issue of drug shortages. We summarise our research where we developed a framework for quantifying the cost of a shortage, and through three case studies provide illustrative estimates of these costs.
Drug Shortages: What are the causes, consequences and pathways to a solution?
5 September 2024
Across the globe, drug shortages are becoming increasingly common across a range of therapeutic areas. Earlier this year, OHE published a report looking at the Dynamics…