"Evolution is not just mutation: it’s mutation plus selection caused by competition between strains for susceptible hosts." mattridley.co.uk/10772

"Survey of Patient Awareness, Involvement & Learning Needs in Health Technology Assessment (HTA)" - Great opportunity to understand patient needs in HTA. Participate now if you haven't. IAPO for any questions. form.gov.sg/#!/617fb2db544…

Why Africa prints money in Europe p.dw.com/p/48z3Y?maca=e…

Good definition of a QALY - ‘more years in your life; more life in your years’ Mike Rea, IDEA Pharma/ SAI Ash Paul

When the applause fades – The NHS is in seriously poor shape economist.com/britain/2022/0…

As the war in #Ukraine️ dominates the international agenda, Gates urged global leaders not to lose sight of the health crisis. #COVID19 ft.com/content/c8896c…

While not wanting to be a "voice of doom and gloom", the risk of a more virulent variant emerging is "way above 5%", the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist told the Financial Times. news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

Shortage of anaesthetists endangers #NHS recovery ft.com/content/7f2676…

Emmanuel #Macron proposes new, broader #European community ft.com/content/4b4ad1…

This is a very concerning phenomenon #hepatitis #children

Thousands of UK workers begin world’s biggest trial of four-day week theguardian.com/business/2022/…

Global inflation tracker: see how your country compares on rising prices ft.com/content/088d33…

Opening plenary at #ISPOREurope on Convergence of HTA & regulation, great discussions on how to build new relationships between manufacturers and regulators

Interesting questions for discussion on HTA agencies and payer‘s view on using real world evidence #rwe for market access and reimbursement Prof. Dalia M Dawoud #ISPOREurope

Plenary 2 at #ISPOREurope is starting now - “Real-World Patient-Centered Research: Is It Possible Across Countries?” #HEOR #Patients

The amount of solar energy received by Earth could power a civilization over 100 times larger than ours!

The entire world’s prime-age working population will increase by 428m between 2020-40. Of that, 420m will be in Africa; 8m in rest of world. African youth will account for 98% of global net labor-force growth...an opportunity upon which the prosperity of the entire world depends.

Great session at #AIIB annual mtg - worrying trends with deprioritisation of health in domestic budgets and lack of concessional (enough) lending from MDBs...time for Funds and MDBs to work (even) more closely together for health and social policy! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

"Public health aims to improve the health of the population rather than saving money...just because an intervention does not generate cost-savings it does not mean the national health system should not adopt it..."