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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2023
An alternative measure of health for value assessment: the equal value life-year
10 September 2023 - The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is an international standard in cost-effectiveness analysis. A known concern arises from the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2023
Cost effectiveness thresholds used by study authors (1990-2021)
18 April 2023 - For decades, many US authors of cost effectiveness analyses referenced a common benchmark or threshold—$50 000 per quality-adjusted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2021
Controversy over using quality adjusted life years in cost effectiveness analyses: a systematic literature review
8 September 2021 - Researchers and policy makers in the US are exploring the implementation of health technology assessment and value ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2021
Aduhelm pros and cons debated at ICER meeting
16 July 2021 - Biogen officials defended the company's Alzheimer's drug and criticised ICER's cost effectiveness report today at a meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2021
Are drugs priced in accordance with value? A comparison of value based and net prices using Institute for Clinical and Economic Review reports
19 June 2021 - The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review is an independent organisation that reviews drugs and devices with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2021
Rather than turning its back on the QALY, pharma should collaborate on efforts to improve it
7 May 2021 - A key element in the long-simmering debate on reining in drug prices in the United States ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2020
ICER opens nominations for new members of its voting panels
2 December 2020 - Independent panel members debate the evidence on the effectiveness and value of new drugs and other ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2020
Consideration of value-based pricing for treatments and vaccines is important, even in the COVID-19 pandemic
19 November 2020 - Prices send signals about consumer preferences and thus stimulate producers to make more of what people want. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2020
A health opportunity cost threshold for cost effectiveness analysis in the United State
3 November 2020 - Cost effectiveness analysis is an important tool for informing treatment coverage and pricing decisions, yet no consensus ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
The case for using novel value elements when assessing COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
23 June 2020 - In the span of mere weeks, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has upended modern life. Schools and businesses ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2020
ICER to assess whether the most significant prescription drug price increases are supported by new clinical evidence
19 June 2020 - Public input on drugs of concern will be accepted through 17 July 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2020
COVID-19 and remdesivir: rethinking how we measure a drug’s ‘value’
15 June 2020 - As pharmaceutical and biotech companies scramble to identify treatments for COVID-19, a new disease that initially ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2020
Paying for value from costly medical technologies: a framework for applying value-based payment reforms
2 June 2020 - Innovative medical products offer significant and potentially transformative impacts on health, but they create concerns about rising ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2020
Traditional cost effectiveness formulas and precision medicines
1 June 2020 - Cost effectiveness analyses, which are often conducted to evaluate new medicines, use a standardised framework to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2020
Valuing and pricing remdesivir: should drug makers get paid for helping us get back to work?
20 May 2020 - On April 29, the National Institutes of Health announced that in a placebo-controlled trial of patients with ...