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11
Aug 2025

EU HTA Publication Digest: Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessments: Lessons for EU Joint Clinical Assessments

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its EU HTA Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Pickaert analysed patient involvement practices in HTA across seven countries (Canada, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy) to identify lessons for the EU Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) framework.
08
Aug 2025

MTRC has released a White Paper "Evidence Requirements for IVD Tests in NICE HealthTech Evaluations”

MTRC has released a White Paper titled "Evidence Requirements for IVD Tests in NICE HealthTech Evaluations ". This white paper reviews five assessments of IVD diagnostic technologies conducted under NICE’s previous Diagnostics Assessment Programme (DAP) framework. While terminology and processes have evolved with the introduction of the HealthTech Evaluation Program, these case studies remain highly informative. They offer practical insights into NICE’s evidence expectations and common drivers of recommendation decisions, which continue to shape current evaluation approaches.
07
Aug 2025

Sustainability Publication Digest: Improving Environmental Sustainability of Operating Theatres: A Systematic Review of Staff Attitudes, Barriers, and Enablers

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Sustainability Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Lodhia et al. systematically reviewed staff attitudes, barriers, and enablers to implementing environmentally sustainable practices in operating theatres across eight countries.
07
Aug 2025

Reimbursement for biomarker tests in breast cancer expanded in Germany

On July 17, 2025, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) decided that the use of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score® test as the sole test for deciding for or against adjuvant systemic chemotherapy will be reimbursed for patients with primary hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer involving one to three lymph nodes. Previously, reimbursement was limited to patients without lymph node involvement.
06
Aug 2025

Health Economic Publication Digest: A systematic review of health economic evaluation quality assessment instruments for medical devices

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Health Economic Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Akpinar et al. systematically reviewed quality assessment instruments for health economic evaluations, focusing on their suitability for medical devices.
05
Aug 2025

July 2025 recommendations about add-on reimbursement for medical devices in France

The French National Authority for Health (HAS) released new recommendations on the registration of medical devices and medical aids in the List of Reimbursable Products and Services (LPPR) following the July 2025 meetings of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Medical Devices and Health Technologies (CNEDiMTS). Four favourable opinions were issued concerning add-on reimbursement for medical devices in the orthopedics and ENT fields.
05
Aug 2025

Publication Digest: French reimbursement of health technologies: assessment is at the heart of the procedure

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Carbonneil et al. analyzed the key stages of health technologies reimbursement in France, outlining the process from regulatory authorization to health technology assessment and final reimbursement decision.