Thinking Policy

WPI Economics

Welcome to Thinking Policy, the new podcast from WPI Economics, where evidence, data, and diverse ideas converge to shape important debates. Each episode features two expert guests discussing a single economic or social policy challenge from different perspectives

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Thinking Policy

Episodes (6)

Today Health economics: What’s the price of a breakthrough?
Sep 2nd Is the UK's Skills System Fit for the Future?
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Thinking Policy

Oct 22, 2026
45¾ minutes
62 MB

The Thinking Policy podcast discusses the Longitude Prize for ALS, a five-year, £7.5m multi-stage programme run by Challenge Works (part of Nesta) to use AI and large-scale omics data from five international data owners to identify and validate novel therapeutic targets, addressing repeated clinical trial failures and historic underinvestment in ALS. Caroline Parslow explains the prize structure, current 20 discovery teams (70 organisations), timelines (first findings by December 2026; winner January 2031), and the aim to build an ecosystem and involve people living with ALS through a patient advisory group. Amanda Cole from the Office of Health Economics outlines research across seven markets e...

Thinking Policy

Health economics: What’s the price of a breakthrough?

WPI Economics

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