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Links To Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Websites

One of the missions of ISPOR is to facilitate the interchange of scientific and practice knowledge in pharmacoeconomics and patient health outcomes. The items listed below will help you find other Web sites of potential interest. Let us know about other sites we should consider adding.
Academic Institution
  Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) - ICER is an academic technology assessment initiative based at Massachusetts General Hospital and affiliated with Harvard Medical School.  Informed by priorities of payers, clinicians, and patients, and based at arms’ length from coverage decision-making structures in government and the private sector, ICER links clinical effectiveness and comparative value together in a rating system that is consistent and rigorous, yet flexible enough to be directly useful to multiple decision makers.
  University of Illinois at Chicago - Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research
University of Maryland Graduate Program in Pharmacy Administration
University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
University of Utah Department of Pharmacotherapy
The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania
West Virginia University Department of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy

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Database Services
  Health Data Services Corporation – database selection and acquisition services from an independent agent working with top vendors of US and European data.  Services are free to researchers

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Health Care Scientific and Professional Societies
The Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics
"College des Economistes de la Sante" (French Health Economists Association)
Health Economics Association of Spain
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals
International Society for Quality of Life Research
Health Technology Assessment International (HTAI)
Society for Medical Decision Making

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Internet Services
AHP Research – This resource page contains useful information on research methods, reviews of outcomes research books, important links, newsletters and more.
  HealthEconomics.com Health Economics, Medical and Pharmacy Resources by Category
The Guide to Health Economics, Medical and Pharmacy Resources
Health Decision Strategies - for your health care decision software development needs
Medscape - online health record, news and information resource

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Journals/Publications
Clinical Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical Economics & Health Policy -- The International Peer-Reviewed Journal of Drug Therapy
  Health Affairs - The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere
  Health Economics
PharmacoEconomics (Journal)
  Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

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NGO – Government-Quasi-Government Services
Cochrane Collaboration Home Page
EUCOMED - represents the Medical Technologies Industry in Europe
The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Economics at the World Health Organization (WHO)
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States National Library of Medicine
World Bank

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Not for Profit Organizations
Harvard School of Public Health
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) - ICER is an academic technology assessment initiative based at Massachusetts General Hospital and affiliated with Harvard Medical School.  Informed by priorities of payers, clinicians, and patients, and based at arms’ length from coverage decision-making structures in government and the private sector, ICER links clinical effectiveness and comparative value together in a rating system that is consistent and rigorous, yet flexible enough to be directly useful to multiple decision makers.
Mapi Research Trust - is a non-profit organization advancing the art and the use of scientific approaches to Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) measures. Its aim is to exchange health outcomes information and experiences among all people involved in PROs. It also encourages the development and implementation of collaborative research by collecting, analyzing and distributing Patient-Reported instruments and organizing educational programs in the field.
REES France (Réseau d'Evaluation en Economie de la Santé) - is a French consulting firm specialized in the evaluation of new health care technologies, design of epidemiological researches, data collection using Internet and the development of specific quality of life scale. Biostatistical, economics and computer science skills are mobilized within mathematical models to predict consequences of new drugs or health care practices.

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Research/Consulting Services
Abacus International - Independent healthcare consultancy specialising in health outcomes, strategic planning and medical communications
Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, Inc. - A global provider of integrated health economic, commercialization and clinical solutions for the pharma, biotech, medical device and diagnostics industries.
  Aegisnet - the International Network for Health Care Research
  AHP Research - AHP Research specialises in patient (and proxy) reported outcome (PRO) assessment, incorporating the patient's perspective into the development, delivery and evaluation of new treatments, technologies and healthcare interventions. AHP Research offers a client-focused approach to deliver consultancy, research and training for a range of clients from both public and private healthcare sectors. In addition to commissioned work, AHP Research takes a proactive approach to health research, initiating and collaborating on projects in several specialist areas to remain at the forefront of healthcare research and development
Analysis Group/Economics - AnalysisGroup/Economics conducts cost of illness
and treatment impact STUDIES using data from Phase III and Phase IV clinical trials, administrative claims, epidemiological survey, and simulation models.
  Analytica International is an independent global provider of clinical and outcomes research, commercialization and communication services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Azmi Burhani Consulting is a Malaysian based consultancy focused in health research consulting, health outcomes research, health economic evaluations, pharmacoeconomics, data analytics & statistical support, translations, social research, information technology consulting and training services. Our clients range from multinational pharmaceutical companies in the United States and Malaysia, international non-governmental agencies, government agencies and private companies.

The Bayesian Initiative in Health Economics & Outcomes Research
  BCN Health Economics & Outcomes Research S.L. is an independent healthcare consultancy that specializes in health outcomes, modeling, epidemiology, market access, RCT and observational study design, and medical writing.
  BioMedCom Consultants Inc. - Biomedical, health economic & health outcomes research application
  Boston Health Economics, Inc. - an independent research and consulting firm specializing in the economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and disease management programs
  Campbell Alliance - Management Consultants in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
  Caro Research - Proven Experience in Pharmacoeconomics, Epidemiology and Technology Assessment
CEMKA Health Economics & Epidemiology
  Centrum HTA - a consulting company involved in pharmacoeconomics
The Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research at the University of North Carolina
  Chinese PharmacoEconomics Guidelines Project - Chinese Medical Doctor Association is the executive center of this project, and the center specializes in Chinese PharmacoEconomics Guidelines to improve the development of PharmacoEconomic assessment and clinical rational drug usage in China
Cornerstone Research Group Inc. - We are a research company, focused on maximizing the market success of our client’s products. We provide strategies and health economic research to identify, demonstrate and communicate product value.
Corporate Translations, Inc. - A leading provider of translation and linguistic validation solutions, specializing in Quality of Life research instruments and clinical trail documents
Creativ-Ceutical is a pricing, market access and health economics international consulting company for the life sciences
Dymaxium, Inc. - Dymaxium is a global provider of consulting solutions focused on maximizing the communication and application of clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes research.
The AMCP eDossier System by Dymaxium. http://www.amcp.org/AMCPeDossierSystem/InformationKit.pdf
Epi Result in South Africa - Epi Result offers research consultancy quantitative research and epidemiology courses. The range of consultancy services that Epi Result offers is wide, including peer reviewing, study design (including systematic literature review), research project management, statistical analysis and publication writing.
Harvard School of Public Health
  Hayes, Inc. - provides unbiased, evidence-based healthcare technology assessments and consulting.  These reports inform hospitals, healthcare systems, government agencies, employers and managed care organizations about the strength of clinical evidence behind new technologies, compares the new technology with existing or future options, and evaluates the total cost of utilization.
Health Decision Strategies - for your health care decision software development needs
  HERON - is an evidence-based life sciences consultancy with expertise in the commercial development, launch, and sustainability of health products. The consulting partner of choice to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients globally, HERON shapes, substantiates and realizes product and portfolio value within the context of constant change in the healthcare landscape.
  InForMed GmbH - Outcomes Research & Health Economics
  Infusion Pharma Consulting LLC - Infusion’s Strategic Pricing and Market Access practice provides expertise in engineering, evidencing and capturing the value of key product assets.  The firm specializes in hospital, physician-administered and complex outpatient products and is best known for its extensive work with orphan drugs.
Institut de Recherche et d'Evaluation Médicale et Economique Faculté de Médecine Léonard de Vinci
  Institute for Medical Technology Assessment of the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands - conducts fundamental and applied research into medical technology assessment (MTA)
Institute of Health Economics an Clinical Epidemiology of the University of Cologne
  The Institute of Health Economics - an international centre of excellence in health and pharmaceutical economics, outcomes, and policy research, based in Edmonton, Alberta. The work of the IHE in research and research methodologies, policy analyses, education and training, and knowledge transfer contributes to the efficient and effective use of health care resources. A not-for-profit organization, the IHE is distinguished by a university-government-industry partnership, and by the affiliation of 34 world-class research fellows.
Janssen-Cilag
JestaRx - providing solutions all the way from strategic planning, through advisory boards, market research, retrospective and prospective data analysis, and on to presentations, manuscripts, and posters.
Katalyst Health Technology Assessments - designs and conducts health outcomes analyses and develops custom software tools for sales and market access applications.

Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd – for Systematic Reviews, Health Technology Assessments, Guidelines, Training, Consultancy, Critical Appraisal Service

Mapi Research Institute (MRI) - is an international company with a special interest in advancing the worldwide use of patient-reported and clinical assessments through linguistic validation of PRO instruments for appropriate cross-cultural use and interpretation.
Mapi Values - specialist in health economic, quality of life and patient satisfaction studies.
  Matrix45 - Evidence-based healthcare - consulting and science ... serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and private/academic research sectors ... strategic, scientific, and analytical consulting with the services to support it ... Phase 4 and 5 in biopharma - and development in private/academic research ... at the interface of strategy, science, and change .... science for a purpose.
  McKesson - providing assistance to hospitals in the implementation of revenue cycle solutions to extend the capabilities of hospital information systems.
  Medical Decision Modeling Inc – a research and consulting firm specializing in the development of software-based cost effectiveness, budget impact, and disease state models for the healthcare industry.
Monteban Value Services – Supports the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry in obtaining market access for innovative products.
Nordic Health Economic Research AB - Independent consultancy and research company specializing in economic evaluations and outcomes research in the Nordic countries.
Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia)
  OptumInsight Life Sciences  - collaborates with our clients on the planning, execution, and interpretation of health care research including pharmacoeconomics, health services, and patient reported outcomes research.
Outcomes Research  - medical research to guide clinical decisions
OUTCOMES´10 - Outcomes´10 is an independent research organization whose services include IRS studies, design and development of pharmacoeconomics model assessment on pricing and reimbursement strategies and support to medical projects (medical writing, studies´ reports...).
Oxford Outcomes - an international outcomes research agency specialising in Quality of Life (QoL) research
Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program at The University of Washington Department of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (University of Southern California)
  Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center - A research, education, and service organization that conducts and interprets studies to improve patient care through optimal drug therapy.
PharmaNet/i3 With expertise in Observational (non-interventional) Research and Patient Registries, Interventional IIIb/IV studies and Endpoint programs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, and Risk Management and Epidemiology, our Phase IV team capabilities span the full spectrum of client needs.
PharmIdeas - is committed to making your project a success story.  Over the past 15 years, we have dedicated ourselves to broadening our knowledge and know-how to cover the full range of health technology assessment expertise: prospective, retrospective and predictive health economic evaluations and outcomes research studies, evidence-based systematic reviews and meta-analyses, health policy projects and reimbursement value dossiers.  We have also developed our own proprietary electronic QoL tool for PROs.  In addition, PharmIdeas has developed a diverse, extensive and international network of offices and collaborators which enables us to adapt our approach to any challenge.  Listening to the customer’s needs, we provide the highest quality products and services, in a spirit of constant improvement, respect of guidelines as well as timelines, open-mindedness and transparency.  Our view is to offer our clients customized solutions for their healthcare research needs with deliverables of superior quality.
PharMerit  - delivers state-of-the-art European pharmacoeconomic evaluations to international pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries. Services offered include environmental scans, modelling studies, costing studies, care mapping and reimbursement support.
PHARMO Institute   - PHARMO is a scientific research organization dedicated to study the efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness of drugs in daily practice
  Polaris Health Directions - develops automated outcomes systems for a variety of healthcare environments, including mental health and
chemical dependency as well as the screening and monitoring of depression and anxiety in primary care and other medical settings.
Policy Analysis Inc. - a contract-research and consulting group performing health-economic and quality-of-life evaluations for a variety of pharmaceutical and biotech companies
  Quantify Research - Quantify Research is a consultancy company specializing in health economics, outcomes research and real-world evidence.
  RTI Health Solutions - provides a broad range of responsive, comprehensive services that can help you to assess the population impact and value of your product throughout its lifecycle.
  Scandinavian Outcomes - Scandinavian Outcomes is a leading provider of innovative outcomes research services in Scandinavia. We deliver relevant analyses - with local insight and real world impact - across the life cycle of our client's medicinal products and health care interventions. We are dedicated to providing support to our clients in improving the health care industry, with focus on the patient.
  Therapeutic Management, Inc (TTM) -TTM provides medical chart review services to research organizations and pharmaceutical companies that conduct outcomes research.  Over the last 10 years, TTM has established itself as the premier chart review company, conducting over 250,000 medical chart reviews extracting valuable outcome data for research purposes or quality improvement.  TTM specializes in extracting data from manual or electronic charts in any location or format.
  UPM Inc. - Research in drug development: Research is a must in drug development services for the unconventional diseases in today's world.
  United BioSource Corporation (former Medtap)
University of Arizona Center for Health Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomic Research (HOPE)
University of York Health Economics for Health Care Professionals
The Weinberg Group, Inc.
TreeAge Software - Decision Analysis, Decision Trees. Our powerful decision tree / decision analysis software helps you: * Model problems as decision trees, Markov models or influence diagrams. * Analyze decision based models & make better decisions using expected value calculations, cost-effectiveness analysis, probabilistic sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. * Communicate results interactively, including recommended strategy, cost-effective options, underlying analysis, best decisions and supporting assumptions.
 

Xcenda (former Applied Health Outcomes) - Xcenda is a premier full-service consultancy and leading managed markets agency whose experienced consulting team helps manufacturers identify, demonstrate, and deliver their brand’s value proposition to all healthcare stakeholders. For 15 years, Xcenda has been an essential partner, offering both strategic guidance and field support, to global pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic companies, as well as emerging pre-commercialization phase firms.

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