This policy brief provides a summary of a recent review of the definition of rare diseases, high cost and how HTA has been used in the case of rare diseases in seven countries. The countries were purposively selected based on them having established HTA policies and availability of resources in the

(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline is holding talks this weekend with Human Genome Sciences to agree a deal to acquire it for some $2.6 billion, after pursuing the U.S. biotech company for three months, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.The British pharmaceutical giant could sweeten its pr

(Reuters) – Victims of thalidomide said on Saturday an apology from the German inventor of the drug that caused birth defects in thousands of babies around the world was too little too late.Thalidomide, developed by the German firm Gruenenthal, was marketed internationally to pregnant women in the l

วันที่ 20 ตุลาคมที่ผ่านมาถือเป็นวันการดูแลสุขภาพอิงหลักฐานโลก หรือ World evidence-based healthcare day ที่มีขึ้นเพื่อสร้างความตระหนักถึงการใช้หลักฐานเชิงประจักษ์กับเรื่องของการดูแลสุขภาพ ซึ่งสอดคล้องกับการทำงานของ HITAP ที่สนับสนุนการตัดสินใจเชิงนโยบายด้วยข้อมูลหลักฐานที่เชื่อถือได้เพื่อระบบที่ดีขึ้

เดินทางไปพบ Prof. Anne Mills  หัวหน้าภาควิชา Public health and Policy  และคณะที่ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine เพื่อเจรจาตกลงความร่วมมือระหว่าง 2 สถาบันศึกษาดูงานที่ National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)  ได้รับการต้อนรับ  ความรู้ และข้อคิดในการปฏิบัติงานเป็นอ

In many countries, including Thailand, there is increasing impetus to use economic evaluation to allow more explicit and transparent health care priority setting. However, an important question for policy makers in low- and middle-income countries is whether it is appropriate and feasible to introduce economic evaluation data into health care prior

Abstract India’s rapid economic growth has been accompanied by slower improvements in population health. Given the need to reconcile the ambitious goal of achieving Universal Coverage with limited resources, a robust priority-setting mechanism is required to ensure that the right trade-offs arema

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Manuel Alexander Haasis1*, Joyce Anne Ceria1, Wantanee Kulpeng2, Yot Teerawattananon2, Marissa Alejandria3 1 National Center for Pharmaceutical Access and Management (NCPAM), Department of Health, Manila, Philippines, 2 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Department of

(Reuters Health) – Mercury and omega-3 fatty acids – both found in fish – appear to have opposite links to heart health, scientists have found.In an analysis of more than 1,600 men from Sweden and Finland, researchers found that men with high levels of mercury in the body had an increased risk of he