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Calls Grow For New ‘Hispa-NICE’ HTA Agency In Spain

 
• By Francesca Bruce

EU stimulus funding marks opportunity to establish health technology appraisal agency in Spain.

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The COVID 19 Pandemic has highlighted the need for an effective HTA body in Spain • Source: Alamy

In Spain the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the importance of allocating resources efficiently and heightened the need to create a national health technology appraisal (HTA) body, say academics, researchers and health care professionals. A new agency based on England’s own HTA body, NICE, would be more transparent than the current system and could incorporate the societal benefits of a product, say advocates of a new agency.

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