Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multidisciplinary process that uses explicit methods to determine a health technology’s value for healthcare decision-making. Attitudes towards HTA vary globally, with some countries using a variety of methods and analyses and others hardly any.

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Novel devices: optimising drug delivery in multiple myeloma

9 December 2025

Biologics: Driving innovation in the treatment of multiple myeloma Biological medicines (biologics) have transformed the treatment landscape of multiple myeloma and cancer as a whole. The…

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The commercial case for investing in ALS

13 November 2025

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease with devastating clinical and economic consequences.

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Achieving Accelerated Patient Access to Cancer Care in Europe 

3 November 2025

OHE developed the Accelerated Patient Access to Cancer Care in Europe (APACE) framework through a structured, multidisciplinary stakeholder engagement process.

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Around the World in HTAs: Saudi Arabia – Navigating the healthcare and HTA landscape

24 September 2025

Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by ambitious structural, regulatory and financial reforms outlined in Vision 2030. These changes are creating a dynamic environment for health technologies and their pathway to market.

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Around the world in HTAs: China – From fragmentation to function

2 September 2025

In this Insights series, Around the World in HTAs, we shed light on HTA around the world. In this edition Yawen Jiang, Meng Li and Claud Theakston take us to China.

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Reflections from the Region: Healthcare transformation in the Middle East

18 June 2025

It’s not often that you witness a health system reinvent itself in real-time. And yet, this is precisely what is happening across the Middle East.

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How Widely Are QALYs Used in OECD Countries? A Snapshot of International Practices

11 June 2025

As healthcare systems strive to allocate resources efficiently, the use of economic evaluation metrics like Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) has become increasingly important.

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Around the world in HTAs: Argentina – Long Road to Institutionalizing HTA

9 June 2025

In this Insights series, Around the World in HTAs, we shed light on HTA around the world. In this edition, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Federico Augustovski, and Martina Garau take us to Argentina.

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Around the World in HTAs: Kenya – Riding the Waves of Change

19 May 2025

In this Insights series, Around the World in HTAs, we shed light on HTA around the world. In this edition, Angela Kairu and Edwine Barasa of the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, and Paul Oyalo of OHE, take us to Kenya.