England’s health technology assessment (HTA) institute, NICE, has updated its health technology evaluations manual to formally outline how its new streamlined and cost-comparison pathways will work.
England’s NICE Formalizes Faster Approach To Appraisals
NICE, the health technology appraisal body for England and Wales, has published the first update to its health technology evaluations manual setting out two of the pathways that form part of its new proportionate approach to assessments.

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