The politics of market access
Market access is wrapped in the politics of health The attention politicians and stakeholders pay to healthcare and its challenges is a keen driver of… Read More »The politics of market access
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Real world data and evidence in healthcare: The market access challenge
We are in a new world when it comes to access to and the use of data and evidence. Real world data and evidence takes… Read More »Real world data and evidence in healthcare: The market access challenge
Innovation and Academic Health Science Centres
To some extent Academic Health Science Centres [AHSCs] are caught between the research push and market pull. If they prioritise technology transfer, they opt for… Read More »Innovation and Academic Health Science Centres
Managerial control of medicines cost drivers
It is not unreasonable to have concerns about the cost of medicines. Drug costs are usually influenced by government policies on pricing and reimbursement of… Read More »Managerial control of medicines cost drivers
Healthcare Cognology: autonomous agency for patient empowerment and system reform
Healthcare systems have been slowly evolving toward a model of care delivery that seeks to leave behind the traditional medical model, based on fighting diseases… Read More »Healthcare Cognology: autonomous agency for patient empowerment and system reform
9 Tribes of the Internet and their health interests
Discussions on health literacy are increasing as healthcare providers, clinicians, payers and patients consider what this means for healthcare. Having been involved in launching the… Read More »9 Tribes of the Internet and their health interests
Should robots pay taxes?
Andrew Yang is a democrat contender for president of the United States. He has expressed concern about a ‘jobless future’ as Martin Ford puts it… Read More »Should robots pay taxes?
Pain
Pain is, well, a pain. It is the one thing we all have direct experience of, and can communicate to others, but which defies direct… Read More »Pain
Positioning drugs in markets: how payers determine value
The relevance of value in establishing the positioning of medicines is the new normal for pharmaceutical marketing. Pharmaceutical companies have customers who are highly constrained… Read More »Positioning drugs in markets: how payers determine value
A model for mapping machine learning onto human decision making
The AI agenda is for me all about augmenting human reasoning; what I call cognology (cognitive focus) to distinguish from technology (physical focus). This is… Read More »A model for mapping machine learning onto human decision making