Value, Affordability, and Decision Making

Efficient decisions about allocating health care budgets require assessment of the effects of health care interventions and the value for money they provide. Decision-making processes leading to funding decisions should be structured and evidence-based.

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Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) Discussion Paper: Should drug prices differ by indication?

1 May 2019

Increasingly, scientific advances are delivering new medicines that deliver improved survival and quality of life across multiple treatment indications. Indication-Based Pricing (IBP) has been proposed as…

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The WHO Technical Report on the Pricing of Cancer Medicines: Missing a central role for HTA and value assessment

1 April 2019

The WHO Technical Report: Pricing of cancer medicines and its impacts (“the Report”) was published in order to address requests made in a resolution adopted by…

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Exploring Variations in the Opportunity Cost Cost-effectiveness Threshold by Clinical Area: Results from a Feasibility Study in England

1 March 2019

Estimating a cost-effectiveness threshold reflecting the opportunity cost of adopting a new technology in a health system is not easy. This OHE research paper provides empirical…

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The Future of Global Health Procurement: Issues around Pricing Transparency

1 March 2019

This OHE Research Paper focuses on the role that price transparency may play in the efficient and effective procurement of medicines by Middle and Low Income…

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Early Experience with Health Technology Assessment of Gene Therapies in the United States: Pricing and Paying for Cures

1 February 2019

Gene therapies, which can provide cures for diseases, are a new area of research for ICER. Some are within two to three years of becoming available…

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Making Outcome-Based Payment a Reality in the NHS

2 January 2019

This report explores the feasibility of introducing one type of flexible payment mechanism – outcome-based payment (OBP) – for cancer medicines into the NHS in England. OBP could help to accelerate patient access to some new medicines and ensure close monitoring of real-world patient benefit.

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New Publications: Real-World Evidence for Coverage and Formulary Decisions

7 December 2018

Two articles, published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, explore the use of real-world evidence for coverage and formulary decisions.

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Approaches, Challenges and Successful Stories of Multi-indication Pricing in Europe

28 November 2018

Multi-Indication Pricing: Practical Solutions and Steps to Move Forward. A summary of an HTAi panel session.

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Presentations from ISPOR Europe 2018

23 November 2018

OHE staff recently attended the ISPOR Europe conference in Barcelona. In this blog post, we share a selection of our presentations.