Elizabeth is Managing Editor and Global Healthcare Editorial Lead in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Thought Leadership team. She has been a journalist and editor for more than 15 years, covering healthcare policy, R&D and science for medical journals and UK newspapers, including the British Medical Journal and the Guardian. Before joining the EIU, she was the deputy news editor at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, where she ran the news and analysis desk, and was often called to comment about healthcare issues on BBC radio. She also managed a team of international journalists when she was the world editor of Informa’s Scrip Intelligence, a global publication on pharmaceutical and healthcare policy, where she won the Informa Journalist of Year award. Before moving into journalism, Elizabeth worked as a pharmacist in community, hospital and health authority settings.