German Ordinance To Implement HTA Reg Leaves Room For Doubt

A German ordinance implementing the EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation offers little clarity on how far joint clinical assessment reports should be considered by national authorities.

Germany publishes ordinance on implementing the HTA Regulation. (Shutterstock)

The German legislator’s approach to implementing the EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation and incorporating EU joint clinical assessment (JCA) reports into the national pricing and reimbursement system is “hesitant and vague,” according to Germany-based lawyers from the law firm Hogan Lovells.

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