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Why NICE Is Building The Medtech Innovation Plane As It Flies

 
• By Eliza Slawther

England’s NICE is ditching the rulebook in favor of “failing forward faster” when it comes to tackling medtech innovations. The organization’s interim director of medical technology says this approach mirrors the entrepreneurial nature of the medtech, diagnostics and digital sectors.

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is most well-known for its cost-effectiveness assessments of pharmaceutical goods and generation of clinical guidelines, which are used to guide health care reimbursement in England and Wales. Although the organization also provides guidance and assessments in the medtech field, this has historically taken a backseat to its other activities.

This may be set to change, as NICE’s chief executive Sam Roberts recently highlighted devices, diagnostics and digital as three areas that the health

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