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Last Chance To Influence Changes To NICE Methods & Processes In England

 
• By Francesca Bruce

Companies selling gene therapies and other high-cost, long-term treatments may be disappointed but unsurprised to learn that NICE will not immediately introduce any change to discount rates, which are used in health technology appraisals to better understand the long-term costs and benefits.

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NICE sets out the case for change

NICE, the health technology appraisal (HTA) institute for England and Wales, has today published its final consultation on changes to its health technology assessment methods and processes. The document gives more clarity on modifiers used to increase cost-effectiveness thresholds for severe diseases and provides more detail on how to handle uncertainty in specific situations.

“The consultation is the culmination of the most wide-ranging and comprehensive review NICE has ever carried out, which has involved...

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