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Health technology assessment, again: a transparent, evidence-based approach for CMS drug price negotiations
4 August 2025 - The CMS can now negotiate the prices of a set of drugs that represent significant Medicare expenditures. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2025
FDA embraces radical transparency by publishing complete response letters
10 July 2025 - The US FDA today published more than 200 decision letters, known as complete response letters. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2025
PHARMAC declines inactive medicine applications
18 June 2025 - PHARMAC has declined 48 inactive funding applications so that it is clearer what medicines are currently ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2025
Redefining value assessment and healthcare funding priorities for medicines: the journey to patient-centric decision making in APAC – a systematic literature review
14 May 2025 - This study explored patient involvement in health care decision-making in the Asia-Pacific region by identifying roles and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
The role and value of real-world evidence in health technology decision-making in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK: insights on external control arms
22 April 2025 - Real-world evidence is increasingly used and accepted by health technology assessment (HTA) bodies as supportive evidence ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2025
Real-world evidence to support health technology assessment and payer decision making: is it now or never?
31 March 2025 - The aim of this policy article is twofold: (i) to provide a summary and update of recent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
Health Economics Methods Advisory Group selects first area for study: assessing treatment benefits appropriate to consider in HTA decision-making
18 March 2025 - The US based ICER, England’s NICE and Canada’s Drug Agency have selected the first research topic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Feb 2025
Unravelling the association between uncertainties in model-based economic analysis and funding recommendations of medicines in Australia
14 February 2025 - Health technology assessment is used extensively by the PBAC to inform medicine funding recommendations in Australia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Dec 2024
What price is society willing to pay for new drugs?
12 December 2024 - The purpose of England's NHS is to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation through provision ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2024
What is NICE’s severity modifier?
15 December 2024 - A guide to the severity modifier and how it is leading to more positive recommendations overall from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2024
Should NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds change?
13 December 2024 - We explore the on-going debate around NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds and what the future holds. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2024
Does NICE’s “severity modifier” for assessing diseases need to change?
22 November 2024 - Breast cancer charities and patients are “devastated” that the drug Enhertu will not be available in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2024
Update from the PBAC (June 2024)
25 June 2024 - As newly appointed Chair of the PBAC, I would like to take the opportunity to establish ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2024
PHARMAC and Health NZ weigh up future of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
3 May 2024 - PHARMAC and Health NZ are weighing up the future direction of COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2024
Making tender decisions: how does PHARMAC allocate its fixed budget?
10 April 2024 - The annual tender is one of several mechanisms PHARMAC uses to manage how much New Zealand ...