PHA2109 The Scientific Entepreneurship and Health Technology Assessment

This course will provide the student with an introduction to the essential components of assessments of health technologies with a particular focus on drugs as technologies. During the course, the concept of health technology assessment and pharmacoeconomics and their different facets will be discussed. We will then delve more in depth into the specific methods that are used for the economic evaluations of new pharmaceuticals and new health technologies, and in doing so, will discuss specific issues that might be encountered when performing an economic analysis or evaluating an economic evaluation. The scientific entrepreneur illustrates through real life examples, how pharmaceutical and biotech companies have been set up and developed innovative products.