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.

Insights

Is collaboration between and across regulatory and HTA agencies the answer to access challenges?

12 November 2024

More collaborative initiatives are taking place among regulatory agencies, health technology assessment (HTA) bodies and between regulatory and HTA agencies at national and regional levels.

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Insights

Around The World in HTAs: Thailand – An Ever-Evolving Policy Tool

9 September 2024

In our Around the World in HTAs insight series we shed light on HTA successes and challenges around the world. In this edition, Sarin KC, Manit Sittimart, Chittawan Poonsiri, Yi Wang, and Simon Brassel take us to Thailand.

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Publication

Unlocking the Value of Combination Therapies

9 July 2024

Combination therapies (CTs) merge treatments with different mechanisms of action to achieve greater clinical benefits than the individual components alone. CTs are increasingly being used in oncology.

Insights

Around the World in HTAs: United States – Making HTA Great Again

11 June 2024

In this Insights series, Around the World in HTAs, we shed light on HTA around the world. In this edition, Chris Sampson and Dan Ollendorf take us to the United States.

Publication

How Have HTA Agencies Evolved Their Methods Over Time?

29 April 2024

The many changes in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methods and processes over time, are a challenge to navigate let alone stay abreast of. This report explores the breadth of variation in past and current positioning of HTA agencies in 14 countries, on five key methodological topics: discount rates, modifiers, patient involvement, real-world evidence (RWE), and surrogate endpoints.

Publication

Socio-Economic Value of Adult Immunisation Programmes

18 April 2024

Adult vaccines can return up to 19 times their initial investment to society, when their significant benefits beyond the healthcare system are monetised.

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Insights

Kahneman’s legacy in health economics

4 April 2024

Daniel Kahneman (1934 – 2024) was a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist known for his pioneering work in behavioural economics.

Event

The Future of NICE in a Changing HTA Landscape

11 March 2024

To commemorate NICE’s 25th anniversary, this OHE webinar explored the biggest challenges and opportunities for the NICE HTA program over the next 5-10 years.

Publication

Incorporating the Patient Voice in Health Technology Assessment

15 February 2024

The decision to adopt or not adopt a new healthcare technology, and the process by which this decision is made, affects patients, the health system, and wider society. In this Whitepaper, we suggest that the patient perspective is critical to making fully-informed decisions about the value of new technologies, but this perspective has not always been given the same weight as clinical and economic aspects in health technology assessment (HTA).