The Future of Health Economics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1409445437 ISBN 13: 9781409445432

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The pharmaceutical industry faces a well-documented perfect storm: on the one hand, the patent cliff; the lack of new blockbusters and, on the other, economic pressure on pricing from markets with growing expectations and shrinking budgets. In the face of such pressure, traditional health economics models no longer seem appropriate and yet what do we have to replace them? The growing focus on 'value' and 'cost effectiveness' are evidence of new emerging thinking although, even here, with the shift from medicine as cure to medicine as palliative, as a treatment for chronic illness and with the growing emphasis on preventative approaches, the landscape is complex and challenging.

The Future of Health Economics offers a window into some of the most influential emerging issues in pharmacoeconomics; issues such as risk-sharing and alternative pricing models or the potential impact of radical new approaches such as personalized medicine; as well as exploring the changing role of government and regulators.

Ulf Staginnus and Olivier Ethgen, themselves two of the most well-regarded practitioners in this field, have brought together some leading-edge thinkers from industry and academia around the world to provide the industry, policy-makers, regulators, health practitioners and academics with the raw material for their future scenarios.

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About the Author

Olivier Ethgen is an Associate Professor of Health Economics at the Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium. He lectures in health economics (theory and applied modeling), decision sciences and pharmacoepidemiology.

Ulf Staginnus is a health economist and pharmaceutical executive with 20 years of international experience in the field of market access, pharmacoeconomics, pricing and reimbursement as well as health technology valuations within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Ulf is currently Vice President Value & Access, Region Europe with Shire in Zug, Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1409445437
• ISBN 13: 9781409445432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Ethgen Olivier, Staginnus Ulf