A seminar on health technology assessment for applicants and stakeholders was held at the Center. This is the first part of the HTA course, devoted to assessing the value of a medical technology in terms of its comparative clinical effectiveness and safety.
The training was initiated and conducted by the Agency for Methodological and Scientific-Practical Work of the Center in cooperation with the Health Technology Assessment Department of the Center.
According to the Head of the Agency, Professor, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Honored Healthcare Worker of Ukraine Oleksandr Hudzenko, the course provides conceptual practical skills in creating and preparing dossiers for state HTA, taking into account international recommendations and current regulatory requirements, which makes it possible to implement the HTA methodology in practice as effectively as possible.
The course of lectures was delivered by the Head of the HTA Department Oresta Piniazhko, her deputy Yuliia Malyshevska, Deputy Head of the Division for Assessment of Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Medical Technologies Iryna Musiienko, and the Division’s expert Yelyzaveta Otrubchak.
The training included participants acquiring the following basic knowledge and skills:
- HTA tools and functions in the healthcare system in Ukraine and worldwide: why this is important for improving patient access to clinically effective and cost-effective treatment;
- conducting a comparative analysis of the clinical efficacy and safety of a medicinal product, and applying in practice the main requirements for preparing a dossier for state HTA in terms of the general and clinical sections:
- description of the proposed medicinal product
- comparator selection
- PICO framework
- analysis of comparative efficacy and safety
- search strategy and selection of publications
- selection of relevant clinical endpoints
- interpretation of the obtained results
- critical appraisal.
The listeners highly appreciated the depth and practicality of the knowledge gained in the context of their further activities and the choice of approaches to medicinal products and treatment regimens that will be the most clinically effective and safe for patients.
The second part of the HTA course, namely on the economic evaluation of medical technologies, will take place at the Center on 07 June. So there is still a chance for everyone interested to join.
Details on participation and registration at the link http://surl.li/turbq
