Every £1 invested in medical research returns 25p per year, forever

For every £1 invested in medical research, society benefits to the tune of 25p every year, forever, new research from Brunel University London and King’s College London suggests. The figure is the culmination of a decade-long series of €˜What’s it Worth?’ studies €“ backed by a consortium of high-profile funders including the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, and the Academy of Medical Sciences €“ which set out to understand the economic return of public and charity-funded medical research. The final paper in the series, published in the journal Health Research Policy and Systems, investigated the return on investment from