The BeNeLuxA initiative is set to take on Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), an innovative gene therapy for children under two years old with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which was granted conditional approval for use in Europe in May. Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will undertake a joint health technology assessment (HTA) of Zolgensma as part of […]
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Last August, Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) announced a set of amendments for its regulatory measures, in a bid to strengthen and modernize the country’s pricing framework for patented drugs. Following the initial proposal of the alterations, the PMPRB released its new draft guidelines in November 2019 and launched a 60-day consultation period […]
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DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN INDIRECT TREATMENT COMPARISON (ITC) PROGRAM TO SUPPORT GLOBAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (HTA) AND REIMBURSEMENT SUBMISSIONS Virtual ISPOR 2020 | WEDNESDAY, May 20th, 2020 | 10:00 AM ET PURPOSE: This interactive workshop will examine the various indirect comparison methodologies that are available. Commonly used ITC methods such as network meta-analysis (NMA) and matching-adjusted […]
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Recent high-profile product launches have reignited the debate on healthcare costs in the US. The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is an independent research organization that determines value-based price benchmarks. In a recent study, Dr. Stino, Product Manager, examined recent high-profile launches to understand the interaction between ICER value-based price benchmarks and actual […]
In October 2019, the Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released their first annual report on Unsupported Price Increases of prescription drugs in the United States. The report takes a systematic approach to determine whether certain price increases are justified by new clinical evidence or other factors. Our Health Strategies Insights team conducted a […]
Earlier in the month, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) issued a call for public input to help identify and prioritize non-drug topics for ICER assessments in 2020. It may seem like the ICER has always been focused on driving down the price of drugs, conducing health technology assessments to properly calculate the […]
How pharmaceutical and Biotech companies engaged ICER drives the outcome. Reactive responses to ICER review have led to poor outcomes and numerous downstream impacts to payer access and pricing. Cohesive enterprise engagement has demonstrated significantly better recommendations and less pressure for the US payer community. Unfortunately, ‘reactive-response’ is more common than ‘enterprise engagement.’ KEY SUCCESS […]
