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Nordic HTA Initiative Offers ‘Practice Ground’ For Worrisome EU-Level Joint Clinical Assessment

 
• By Francesca Bruce

Industry shoulders some blame for growing unease about joint clinical assessments after its failure to participate in pilots.

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Nordic countries offer companies the chance to prepare for EU joint clinical assessments • Source: Shutterstock

Concern continues to grow among industry and health technology assessment (HTA) bodies about the imminent EU-wide joint clinical assessments. However, if companies want to increase their chances of readiness for the challenges ahead, they should consider submitting a dossier through the Joint Nordic HTA-Bodies (JNHB) initiative to get a taste of how the collaborative assessment process might work.

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