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Biosimilars: Issues Overview

April 30, 2012

Can and Should Value Based Pricing Be Applied to Molecular Diagnostics?

New OHE research recommends a two-part approach to improve the process of evaluating and setting reimbursement pricing for diagnostics.

April 23, 2012

New Research on VBP: Disease Severity and Unmet Need in the UK

OHE now is performing research on the implications of combining disease severity and unmet need into a single metric.

April 19, 2012

The Tougher the Better: The Effect of GP Performance Thresholds in Scotland

This research examines whether and how GP performance improved in response to higher thresholds.

April 15, 2012

New: Assessing the Performance of the EQ-VAS in the NHS PROMS Programme

New research takes a close look at concerns about the EQ-VAS and suggests next steps.

April 12, 2012

Join OHE for Its 50th Anniversary Annual Lecture with Sir Michael Rawlins

This year we are pleased to welcome Prof. Sir Michael Rawlins, who argues against reliance on randomized clinical trials as the "gold standard", instead urging a more pragmatic approach.

April 2, 2012

New: 50 Years of OHE Publications Are Available Online

Today we celebrate OHE’s 2 April 1962 founding with the launch of our archival website, ohematerials.org. OHE’s publications from 1962-2012 now are available online.

March 29, 2012

Overview of the Economics of the Market for Medicines in the UK

This recent OHE presentation covers the key issues surrounding the market for medicines in the UK, from drug development through health technology assessment and market access.

March 25, 2012

Can lessons from valuing health be useful in valuing development aid?

OHE has published a paper with ODI that explores how experience in valuing health might help in devising standardised measures of development.

March 20, 2012

Spotlight on OHE: Valuing Spillovers, End-of-Life Decisions and Hospital Outcomes

OHE's outside activities in early 2012 focused on spillovers, HTA decision making, and measuring health outcomes.

March 16, 2012

Allocating Resources Based on “Happiness” — OHE Lunchtime Seminar

Using measures of subjective wellbeing – “happiness” – as the bases for health care resource allocation decisions was the focus of OHE’s most recent lunchtime seminar.