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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is rare but devastating, with high unmet need, delayed diagnosis & huge socioeconomic burden. Investment in research & new treatments is urgent, and could offer major societal & commercial returns: www.ohe.org/publications...
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is rare but devastating, with high unmet need, delayed diagnosis & huge socioeconomic burden. Investment in research & new treatments is urgent, and could offer major societal & commercial returns: www.ohe.org/publications...
Patients deserve faster cancer treatment access. APACE framework bridges gaps in Europe’s approval and reimbursement process to drive change. www.ohe.org/publications...
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Patients deserve faster cancer treatment access. APACE framework bridges gaps in Europe’s approval and reimbursement process to drive change. www.ohe.org/publications...
When thinking about relapsed acute leukemia, patients care most about responding to treatment – but quality of life and treatment convenience matter too. Preferences vary, so one size doesn’t fit all.
Healthcare decisions should reflect what patients value most.
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Healthcare decisions should reflect what patients value most.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
When thinking about relapsed acute leukemia, patients care most about responding to treatment – but quality of life and treatment convenience matter too. Preferences vary, so one size doesn’t fit all.
Healthcare decisions should reflect what patients value most.
www.ohe.org/publications...
Healthcare decisions should reflect what patients value most.
www.ohe.org/publications...
Wider access to cell & gene therapies could create more than £20 billion in value over 10 years, benefiting patients, the NHS, and the UK economy. Evidence supports a coordinated system shift. Read the full report www.ohe.org/publications...
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Wider access to cell & gene therapies could create more than £20 billion in value over 10 years, benefiting patients, the NHS, and the UK economy. Evidence supports a coordinated system shift. Read the full report www.ohe.org/publications...
Can the NHS be turned around? Prof Anita Charlesworth says yes, but only if prevention and productivity move from vision to action. Read key takeaways from OHE’s 2025 Annual Lecture: www.ohe.org/insights/tur...
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Can the NHS be turned around? Prof Anita Charlesworth says yes, but only if prevention and productivity move from vision to action. Read key takeaways from OHE’s 2025 Annual Lecture: www.ohe.org/insights/tur...
Drug shortages are growing, lasting longer, and hitting patients hard. OHE’s submission to Parliament sets out causes, risks, and reforms to strengthen UK supply chains. www.ohe.org/insights/ohe...
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Drug shortages are growing, lasting longer, and hitting patients hard. OHE’s submission to Parliament sets out causes, risks, and reforms to strengthen UK supply chains. www.ohe.org/insights/ohe...
To close the sustainability gap, creating a health system that is both low-carbon and resilient to climate impacts must be a strategic priority woven into every NHS decision.
Read more about the path to a greener NHS in this Insight by Nadine Henderson: www.ohe.org/insights/env...
Read more about the path to a greener NHS in this Insight by Nadine Henderson: www.ohe.org/insights/env...
Environmental sustainability in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan: The need for green - OHE
This is the second in a series of blogs about how the proposals in the recently published 10 Year Plan measure up against some of the most pressing health concerns in the UK.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
To close the sustainability gap, creating a health system that is both low-carbon and resilient to climate impacts must be a strategic priority woven into every NHS decision.
Read more about the path to a greener NHS in this Insight by Nadine Henderson: www.ohe.org/insights/env...
Read more about the path to a greener NHS in this Insight by Nadine Henderson: www.ohe.org/insights/env...
Pain/discomfort matters most to people with acute leukemia, but cognition, tiredness, and other aspects shape daily life too. Standard tools can miss these. Capturing patient priorities ensures care and policy improve quality of life, not just clinical outcomes. www.ohe.org/publications...
Understanding the preferences of people with acute leukemia for different health outcomes - OHE
When we want to understand or measure someone’s “health-related quality-of-life”, we typically ask them to describe the problems they have with different aspects of their health. In this study, we wan...
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September 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Pain/discomfort matters most to people with acute leukemia, but cognition, tiredness, and other aspects shape daily life too. Standard tools can miss these. Capturing patient priorities ensures care and policy improve quality of life, not just clinical outcomes. www.ohe.org/publications...
Saudi Arabia is formalising #HTA, adopting value-based pricing, and restructuring #healthcare delivery. What do these changes mean for #marketaccess and #policy in the region? Read our latest insight: www.ohe.org/insights/sau...
Around the World in HTAs: Saudi Arabia – Navigating the healthcare and HTA landscape - OHE
The next stop in our around the world in HTAs adventure is Saudi Arabia. This blog breaks down how the Kingdom is reshaping access to new health technologies through regulatory reform, a formal HTA fr...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Saudi Arabia is formalising #HTA, adopting value-based pricing, and restructuring #healthcare delivery. What do these changes mean for #marketaccess and #policy in the region? Read our latest insight: www.ohe.org/insights/sau...
It is Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. OHE is contributing to the PREDICT-FTD consortium, which aims to advance a biomarker-based diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. www.ohe.org/insights/the-true-cost-and-burden-of-frontotemporal-dementia-early-insights-into-a-pressing-challenge/
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It is Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. OHE is contributing to the PREDICT-FTD consortium, which aims to advance a biomarker-based diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. www.ohe.org/insights/the-true-cost-and-burden-of-frontotemporal-dementia-early-insights-into-a-pressing-challenge/
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan puts prevention at the centre. Misaligned incentives, behavioural barriers, and risks of widening inequalities raise the question: can prevention truly move from ambition to action? Find out: www.ohe.org/insights/pre...
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan puts prevention at the centre. Misaligned incentives, behavioural barriers, and risks of widening inequalities raise the question: can prevention truly move from ambition to action? Find out: www.ohe.org/insights/pre...
China’s evolving HTA system is transforming access to medicines for 1.4B people. 700+ drugs added to the NRDL since 2017, but there are still challenges like transparency and data gaps. Read the insight:
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
China’s evolving HTA system is transforming access to medicines for 1.4B people. 700+ drugs added to the NRDL since 2017, but there are still challenges like transparency and data gaps. Read the insight:
Climate action is health action. Health economics can help shape smarter, fairer decisions – from green #HTA to valuing co-benefits of #climatepolicy. www.ohe.org/insights/cli...
July 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Climate action is health action. Health economics can help shape smarter, fairer decisions – from green #HTA to valuing co-benefits of #climatepolicy. www.ohe.org/insights/cli...
What is STRIDES? A new #framework to capture the full value of #AMR diagnostics in tackling #antimicrobial resistance. Read more on how #diagnostics can help fight AMR: www.ohe.org/insights/fro...
July 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What is STRIDES? A new #framework to capture the full value of #AMR diagnostics in tackling #antimicrobial resistance. Read more on how #diagnostics can help fight AMR: www.ohe.org/insights/fro...
How can we use health economics to inform climate-related policy without needing new frameworks?
📆 8 July 2025
🕛 10:00 BST
📍 Virtual event
Register here: www.ohe.org/events/valui...
#healtheconomics #climatechange #sustainability #publichealth
📆 8 July 2025
🕛 10:00 BST
📍 Virtual event
Register here: www.ohe.org/events/valui...
#healtheconomics #climatechange #sustainability #publichealth
June 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
How can we use health economics to inform climate-related policy without needing new frameworks?
📆 8 July 2025
🕛 10:00 BST
📍 Virtual event
Register here: www.ohe.org/events/valui...
#healtheconomics #climatechange #sustainability #publichealth
📆 8 July 2025
🕛 10:00 BST
📍 Virtual event
Register here: www.ohe.org/events/valui...
#healtheconomics #climatechange #sustainability #publichealth
Health reforms in the Middle East are bold, fast, and values-driven. #HTA, workforce, and #pricing models are being reimagined, read our insight on what this means for #healtheconomists: www.ohe.org/insight/heal...
June 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Health reforms in the Middle East are bold, fast, and values-driven. #HTA, workforce, and #pricing models are being reimagined, read our insight on what this means for #healtheconomists: www.ohe.org/insight/heal...
There is a range of ways ex-US payers and pharma companies might respond to President Trump’s “Most Favoured Nation” drug pricing. Will any of them work to lower #US drug prices?
Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-trump-administrations-us-drug-pricing-proposal-what-will-happen-next/
Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-trump-administrations-us-drug-pricing-proposal-what-will-happen-next/
June 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There is a range of ways ex-US payers and pharma companies might respond to President Trump’s “Most Favoured Nation” drug pricing. Will any of them work to lower #US drug prices?
Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-trump-administrations-us-drug-pricing-proposal-what-will-happen-next/
Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-trump-administrations-us-drug-pricing-proposal-what-will-happen-next/
New insight: 68% of OECD countries formally use #QALYs in pricing decisions, but practices vary. How consistent is economic evaluation across borders?
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#HTA #healtheconomics
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#HTA #healtheconomics
June 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New insight: 68% of OECD countries formally use #QALYs in pricing decisions, but practices vary. How consistent is economic evaluation across borders?
www.ohe.org/insight/how-...
#HTA #healtheconomics
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#HTA #healtheconomics
New report on STRIDES—a framework to better value AMR #diagnostics. #Diagnostics are key to tackling #AMR, but #policy still overlooks their impact. Read more: www.ohe.org/publications...
June 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New report on STRIDES—a framework to better value AMR #diagnostics. #Diagnostics are key to tackling #AMR, but #policy still overlooks their impact. Read more: www.ohe.org/publications...
Argentina plans a new national #HTA agency, ANEFiTS. A big step for evidence-based #policy, but key questions on governance, transparency & legal power remain. Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/arou...
June 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Argentina plans a new national #HTA agency, ANEFiTS. A big step for evidence-based #policy, but key questions on governance, transparency & legal power remain. Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/arou...
New insight: a substantial proportion of these medicines do not deliver their intended therapeutic benefits for the individuals taking them, due to genetic variations.
##pharmacogenomics #CERSI
www.ohe.org/insight/pharmacogenomics-testing-a-crucial-piece-to-unlocking-the-full-value-of-medicines/
##pharmacogenomics #CERSI
www.ohe.org/insight/pharmacogenomics-testing-a-crucial-piece-to-unlocking-the-full-value-of-medicines/
June 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New insight: a substantial proportion of these medicines do not deliver their intended therapeutic benefits for the individuals taking them, due to genetic variations.
##pharmacogenomics #CERSI
www.ohe.org/insight/pharmacogenomics-testing-a-crucial-piece-to-unlocking-the-full-value-of-medicines/
##pharmacogenomics #CERSI
www.ohe.org/insight/pharmacogenomics-testing-a-crucial-piece-to-unlocking-the-full-value-of-medicines/
Vaccines return up to 19x their cost, but adult #immunisation is undervalued. Our new insight calls for long-term investment to boost health, productivity & system resilience. www.ohe.org/insight/prevention-pays-off-so-why-arent-we-doing-more-of-it/
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Vaccines return up to 19x their cost, but adult #immunisation is undervalued. Our new insight calls for long-term investment to boost health, productivity & system resilience. www.ohe.org/insight/prevention-pays-off-so-why-arent-we-doing-more-of-it/
President Trump says the rest of the world “free rides” on the #US – and wants to peg US #drugprices to other countries’. This isn’t a new idea – but what might be different with his latest Executive Order? Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-...
June 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
President Trump says the rest of the world “free rides” on the #US – and wants to peg US #drugprices to other countries’. This isn’t a new idea – but what might be different with his latest Executive Order? Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/the-...
New OHE report: Europe is off-track to meet 2030 #HIV eradication targets. Rising diagnoses, late testing & mounting costs demand urgent action. We highlight key barriers, the cost of complacency & solutions. Read more: www.ohe.org/publications...
#publichealth #healtheconomics
#publichealth #healtheconomics
May 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New OHE report: Europe is off-track to meet 2030 #HIV eradication targets. Rising diagnoses, late testing & mounting costs demand urgent action. We highlight key barriers, the cost of complacency & solutions. Read more: www.ohe.org/publications...
#publichealth #healtheconomics
#publichealth #healtheconomics
How can the #UK prepare for an #ageingsociety? OHE’s submission to a #parliamentary inquiry stressed that keeping as many people as healthy and productive as possible – for as long as possible – is a requisite measure in addressing a shrinking #workforce. Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/offi...
May 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How can the #UK prepare for an #ageingsociety? OHE’s submission to a #parliamentary inquiry stressed that keeping as many people as healthy and productive as possible – for as long as possible – is a requisite measure in addressing a shrinking #workforce. Read more: www.ohe.org/insight/offi...