With its newly published real-world evidence (RWE) framework, NICE, England’s health technology appraisal (HTA) institute, is making “a real push into real-world data in a big way,” Sam Roberts, NICE’s chief executive, said last week at an online event to launch the initiative. The framework, published on 23 June, is intended to be a “living document” that will broaden overtime according to need.
With respect to RWE, NICE is aware that a “step change is needed for the future,” said Roberts, pointing to two recent developments. The first is the recently launched Innovative Medicines Fund, which provides access to promising new medicines via the National Health Service while more data is gathered to address uncertainties regarding their clinical and cost-effectiveness. (Also see "England Launches Innovative Medicines Fund" - Pink Sheet, 8 June, 2022
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