ISPOR Manipal Academy of Higher Education Student Chapter

Founded in 1995 as an international multidisciplinary professional membership society, the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) advances the policy, science, and practice of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research. The ISPOR- Manipal Academy of Higher Education Student Chapter (ISPOR MUSC)  was approved in January 2011.

Mission: The mission of ISPOR MUSC is to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and fairness of health care to improve health.

Objectives: The society serves the public interest by the following means:

• Provides a forum to facilitate the interchange of scientific knowledge in pharmacoeconomics/health economics and patient health outcomes,
• Facilitates and encourages communications among the research community, health care professionals, and other research, regulatory, and educational groups, the communications media and the general public by educating public and private agencies on the usefulness of research in pharmacoeconomic and patient outcomes assessment,
• Promotes the science of pharmacoeconomics/health economics by providing services as may be appropriate to advance pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research and educational activities,
• Represents the science of pharmacoeconomics/health economics and outcomes assessment before public and governmental bodies by: a) seeking important issues concerning health care interventions as they relate to pharmacoeconomics/health economics and health care outcomes; b) making available the results of pharmacoeconomics/health economics analysis and health care outcomes studies concerning these issues; c) developing scientifically-based input (evidence) for public policy decisions dealing with these issues; d) providing this evidence and data to governmental bodies and other public entities

Provides recognition of individual achievement in the field of pharmacoeconomics/health economics and outcomes research.