Patient alliance calls for harmonized European HTA assessments

A rare disease patient group is urging the EU Council to ensure greater transparency and harmonization in Europe’s health technology assessment process by supporting proposed rules that would obligate member states to use joint clinical assessments as part of their national processes.

The call by Eurordis comes ahead of a Dec. 9 meeting of the Council of the EU at which the Finnish Presidency plans to update European health ministers on the status of draft HTA regulation proposed in January 2018 by the European Commission. ...