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England’s NICE Asks For Feedback On New Approach To Prioritizing HTAs

 
• By Eliza Slawther

NICE, the health technology assessment body for England and Wales, plans to reform how it prioritizes therapies and topics for appraisal by introducing a single prioritization board and common framework.

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Pharmaceutical industry professionals and other stakeholders have until 4 April to comment on proposals from England’s health technology assessment (HTA) body, NICE, to overhaul its prioritization process.

NICE said its new approach to prioritizing guidance would make HTA topic selection and prioritization

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