Govin Permanand, PhD
	- Research Officer in Health and Pharmaceutical Policy Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 6342 Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6803 Email: g.permanand@lse.ac.uk

Govin Permanand is a Research Officer in Health and Pharmaceutical policy at LSE Health & Social Care, an interdisciplinary research unit at the London School of Economics (LSE). Current work includes participation in a network for monitoring the impact of globalisation and trade agreements on access to essential drugs (under the auspices of the World Health Organization) and the establishment of a clearinghouse on pharmaceutical reimbursement and pricing policies for the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Govin is the former associate editor of the health policy journal Eurohealth’s annual Special Issue, which looks at health care system reform in the countries of East and Central Europe and Central Asia, and the editor of the European Observatory on Health Care System’s newsletter Euro Observer. Other work includes participation in an EU project (Leonardo da Vinci programme) on assessing training needs in health economics and management, and work as an analyst for a consulting firm in London. Govin holds a PhD in political science and an MSc (Econ) from the LSE, and BA (Hons) in political philosophy and French from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Principal Research Interests
- EU public health and pharmaceutical policy
- Intellectual property rights, globalisation and access to medicines
- Theories of European integration and policy-making

Selected Publications
Permanand G, Altenstetter C. The Politics of the EU Pharmaceutical Industry (Chapter 2), Forthcoming in: Regulating the Cost and Use of Pharmaceuticals in Europe: Containing costs while improving efficiency, quality and equity. E Mossialos, M Mrazek & T Whalley eds. European Observatory on Health Care Systems: Open University Press.

Permanand G, Mossialos E. Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation in the EU: Reconciling Contrasting Objectives and Requirements. Forthcoming in: Europeanisation of Health Policies. J Lehto, M Steffen, eds. Routledge.

Permanand G, Mossialos E. Theorising the Development of the European Union Framework for Pharmaceutical Regulation. LSE Health and Social Care Discussion Paper. LSHSC, 2003.
Permanand G, Mossialos E. Health Care Reform in 'Transitional Europe': From regional to country-specific analysis (editorial). Eurohealth 6(2); Special Issue: Focus on Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2000.

Mossialos E, Permanand G. Public Health in the European Union: Making it relevant. LSE Health Discussion Paper No. 17. London: LSE Health, 2000.

Holland WW, Mossialos E, Permanand G. Public Health Policies and Priorities in Europe (Chapter 1). In WW Holland, E Mossialos eds. Public Health Policies in the European Union. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999.

Kanavos P, Permanand G. Assessing Future Needs in Graduate and Vocational Training in the Fields of Health Economics and Health Management in the European Union: Interim Report (for the European Commission under Leonardo da Vinci programme). LSE Health, 1998.