Series Economía de la Salud y Gestión Sanitaria.

Edited by Vicente Ortún, CRES-UPF.

"Incentives for research, development and innovation in pharmaceuticals."

How can incentives be provided to deal with these less profitable activities when no clear markets exist for the innovations being introduced? Some of the contributions of this book go into discussing alternative mechanisms to substitute for these inexistent markets, and situations where traditional instruments such as public procurement or direct subsidies have proven totally insufficient. Also, this book discusses the clear mismatch between the size of the markets being targeted and the incentives being provided.