Monday, 15 October 2018

Health innovation hampered by drive for profit, report warns

Health innovation hampered by drive for profit, report warns Health innovation in the NHS is hampered by a drive for profit, economists warn.

In a new report, led by Professor Mariana Mazzucato, director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), it’s claimed NHS patients are being let down by a global health innovative system which fails to deliver the treatments they need at prices government can afford.

The report, The People's Prescription: Re-imagining health innovation to deliver public value, warns that health innovation is being hampered by a drive for profit and calls for a major overhaul of the system to ensure more drugs and treatments are developed for critical health needs. OnMedica

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