Publications

Health Technology Assessment of Gene Therapies: Are Our Methods Fit for Purpose?

Health Technology Assessment of Gene Therapies: Are Our Methods Fit for Purpose?

1 June 2022

Gene therapies represent a new era of medicine, offering the potential for truly transformational health gains, and further benefits for society and health systems.

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When Generic Measures Fail to Reflect What Matters to Patients: Three Case Studies

1 March 2022

Generic preference-based measures are often used for capturing patients’ health-related quality of life (QOL) to assess quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in health technology assessment (HTA). Whilst…

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Learnings from the Assessments of Entrectinib and Larotrectinib: Health Technology Assessment Challenges Associated with Tumour-Agnostic Therapies

1 January 2022

A paradigm shift is occurring in cancer care with the introduction of tumour-agnostic therapies, for which the indication is defined by the molecular signature of the…

Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS. Phase Two: Practical Considerations

Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS. Phase Two: Practical Considerations

1 December 2021

Outcome-based payment (OBP) is a flexible payment mechanism linking the price the NHS pays for a medicine to the outcomes it achieves in practice for NHS…

It Takes Two to Tango: When do Conditional Reimbursement Risk-Sharing Schemes Work for Both Parties?

It Takes Two to Tango: When do Conditional Reimbursement Risk-Sharing Schemes Work for Both Parties?

1 December 2021

Faster regulatory approval has not necessarily achieved faster patient access. A new OHE paper sets out how risk-sharing can tackle this, enabling resolution of differences of…

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2020 OHE Annual Report to the Charity Commission

1 December 2021

We are pleased to submit the third report to the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OHE’s second since becoming a registered charity in December 2016.…

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After the Transplant: Potential Benefits for the NHS and UK Kidney Transplant Patients

1 November 2021

Around 10% of people in the United Kingdom (UK) have chronic kidney disease (CKD) according to Kidney Care UK. While CKD can be managed through diet and…

Payment Models for Multi-Indication Therapies

1 November 2021

For the growing number of multi-indication medicines, access may be delayed or even denied due to challenges in linking payment with a medicine’s value across those…

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The Value of Vaccines in Maintaining Health System Capacity in England

1 October 2021

This report has now been published as an article in Value in Health available here. The NHS is facing unprecedented health system pressure, with a record number…