Pressure Builds On England’s HTA Body & Industry To Reduce Data Redaction
Executive Summary
The practice of redacting data from documents submitted to NICE for health technology appraisals undermines the HTA body’s role in protecting patients’ health, says the author of a study of data redaction at NICE. But the institute counters that it would not be able to publish its recommendations as quickly if confidential information could not be removed from published documents.