The European Commission’s plans to making joint clinical assessments for health technology assessment (HTA) mandatory across the EU will be counterproductive if the highest standards of evaluation are not maintained, warns the NGO Health Action International. The organization is calling for “a more incremental increase in collaboration, including on joint clinical assessments, up to the point that is feasible and beneficial for all.”
On Jan. 31 the commission published a proposed regulation on strengthening cooperation on HTA across the EU. It set out four strands of joint working across the region: joint clinical...