Assessment of spinal cord stimulation devices in Sweden

The Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency (TLV) is currently conducting several health economic assessments of products for electrical spinal cord stimulation for certain severe pain conditions when other methods do not provide the required effect or cause unacceptable side effects.

The assessments were commissioned by the Medical Technology Product (MTP) Council as the first step of the national Orderly Introduction process for new MedTech products. This framework is a staged process, including horizon scanning, selection of the method for evaluation, the decision on national collaboration, health economic evaluation by the TLV, and recommendations by the MTP Council to regions.

The assessments are planned to be accomplished during 2023.

See the full details in Swedish here.

This news is just one of about 300 market access news collected by our team in the subscription services "HTA Alerts" and "Reimbursement Alerts" every two weeks from more than 80 organizations. Access our paid subscription services to stay on top of all developments specifically for your products in Europe (reimbursement news) and globally (HTA news). Contact us to get a free, three-month, no-obligation trial.