Patients’ View Of Drug Value Is Focus Of Avalere/FasterCures Framework

Cost considerations will be limited to those borne by patients under value framework that is expected to be used initially to support patient-clinician decisions on appropriate treatment.

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The patient-focused value framework for drugs, devices and diagnostics being developed by consultancy Avalere Health and research think tank FasterCures will initially aim to help inform shared decision-making between individual patients and clinicians about appropriate treatments.

At a later time, it might have applications in population-level assessments geared toward policy makers or payer coverage decisions, according...

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