Top Researchers Encourage Collaboration

 Marc Feldmann and Ravinder Maini, scientists from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Imperial College London.  Who's work paved the way for drugs called TNF inhibitors, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Think that what is needed is more colllaboration between industry and academia not less.  Great short read in the Wall Street Journal Blog:

Drugmakers and Academia Should Collaborate More, Scientist Says

Comments

[peter jones]

Hello

Noting your medical policy theme the following health and social care model website and associated blog -

http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/

- introduced below may be of interest?

Originally created in the UK by Brian E Hodges (Ret.) at Manchester Metropolitan University -

Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains - Model [h2cm]

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/

- can help map health, social care and OTHER issues, problems and solutions. The model takes a situated and multi-contextual view across four knowledge domains:

* Interpersonal;
* Sociological;
* Empirical;
* Political.

Our links pages cover each care (knowledge) domain e.g. POLITICAL:

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/linksIV.htm

- which includes - 'Political Science / Health Policy'.

Kind regards,

Peter Jones
Wigan
Lancashire
UK