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Session HTAi

EUnetHTA Special Session, June 7, 2010 HTAi Dublin Ireland 

European network for HTA (EUnetHTA) Joint Action work plans for 2010-12

Presenters:  
Finn Boerlum Kristensen, EUnetHTA Secretariat, National Board of Health, Denmark

Kristian Lampe, FINOHTA, THL, Finland

Wim Goettsch, CVZ, Netherlands

Patrice Chalon, KCE, Belgium & HAS, France 

This Joint Action (JA) is a response to the request by the European Commission and EU member states (MS) to continue fostering the development of HTA in Europe.

The overarching objective of the JA on HTA including work on relative effectiveness of pharmaceuticals is to put into practice an effective and sustainable HTA collaboration in Europe that brings added value at the European, national and regional level.

 

Methods: The JA brings together 33 MS government appointed HTA agencies and institutional producers of HTA and assessments of pharmaceuticals in 23 EU and Norway and a large number of regional agencies. The JA builds upon the methods and tools developed by the EUnetHTA Project.

 

The JA consists of three interrelated streams of activities.

 

In stream 1 the EUnetHTA Core Model will be expanded to cover screening technologies. An online tool will be developed to facilitate the use of the model. In addition, methodological guidance on relative effectiveness assessment (REA) of pharmaceuticals will be produced and incorporated into the Core Model. The JA will develop a European HTA information management system (IMS) allowing a single point of access to compatible EUnetHTA tools and allowing storage and exchange of information on planned and ongoing HTAs on new technologies, on additional evidence generation processes and on concluded assessments.

 

In stream 2 the Core Model will be applied to produce at least two collaborative HTAs and the methodological guidance on REA will be tested. The IMS will be used to coordinate at least three collaborative HTAs.

 

Stream 3 will develop a detailed strategy and business model for sustainable collaboration. 

 

Please visit the HTAi Dublin website for details