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Aug 2025

Health Economic Publication Digest: Stakeholder Views on the Use and Challenges of Using Early Economic Evaluations in Health Innovation Development in The Netherlands

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, van Lieshout et al. examined how different stakeholders view the role of early health economic analyses (EHEA) in developing health innovations in the Netherlands.
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Aug 2025

August 2025 update of the Catalog of Genetic and Genomic Tests in Spain

In August 2025, the Common Catalog of Genetic and Genomic Tests of the National Health System in Spain was updated. Two sections with a total of 140 new genetic tests were introduced: one for bone diseases, including craniofacial anomalies, and another for kidney diseases and urogenital disorders. Furthermore, six new tests were added in pediatric oncohematology. Other changes concerned adult oncohaematology, hereditary metabolic, and mitochondrial diseases.
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Aug 2025

EU HTA Publication Digest: The PICO Puzzle: Can Public Data Predict EU HTA Expectations for All EU Countries?

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, Eberle et al. explored whether the PICO elements (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) applied in EU Joint Clinical Assessments (JCAs) can be predicted across member states using publicly available data from national HTA bodies.
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Aug 2025

Sustainability Publication Digest: Implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

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, Nunes et al. systematically reviewed 15 studies from seven countries on the implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice.
13
Aug 2025

Positive HAS opinion for regular reimbursement of NGS panels in two indications in France

On July 29, 2025, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) issued positive opinions on including targeted next-generation sequencing-based panels in certain clinical indications for patients with aminoacidopathy and acute leukaemia in the NABM Nomenclature for regular reimbursement. Currently, these tests are temporarily reimbursed within the innovative payment scheme (RIHN). These HAS assessments are performed by HAS as a part of the RIHN reform and ‘cleaning up’ the List of temporary covered tests.
13
Aug 2025

Health Economic Publication Digest: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Systems in Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Studies

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, Kakatum Rao et al. systematically reviewed economic evaluations of AI in healthcare to assess its financial impact.
12
Aug 2025

Publication Digest: Evaluation of Health Technology Assessment Frameworks for In Vivo Diagnostics: Assessing Methodological Gaps and Implications for Market Access

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 study, De la Fuente et al. examined HTA guidance in 28 countries to understand methodological approaches to in vivo diagnostics for market access and reimbursement, focusing on molecular imaging tracers and contrast media.