EU cooperation on HTA

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EU cooperation on HTA the way forward
HTA 2.0 Europe - Teaming up for value
Andrzej Rys Director European Commission DG
Health and Consumers Health Systems and Products
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The context
NEW
NEW
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• Change is a challenge and an opportunity
• not a threat
• -Unknown-

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STAMP WG
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EU cooperation on HTA- History

• Health Programme Projects
• EUR-ASSES 1994-1997
• ECHTA/ECHAI 1999- 2001
• EUnetHTA 2006-2008
• FP 7 Projects
• 2012? on going
• Health Programme Joint Actions
• EUnetHTA 1 2010-2012
• EUnetHTA 2 2012-2015

Total EU Budget over 30 million
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EU cooperation in HTA- achievements

• Common HTA methodologies have been produced ?
  joint piloting are on-going.
• IT tools and training facilities are in place ?
  for common use and sharing
• EU HTA community built up ? more trust between
  HTA doers and MS authorities (EUnetHTA HTA
  Network).

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EU Cooperation in HTA where we are

• HTA Network (art 15 Directive 2011/24) strategic
  level (set up October 2013) ?MS representatives
  (mainly MoH) EMA associated
• EUnetHTA (Joint Action HP) scientific level
  on-going until October 2015 ? HTA doers (mainly
  HTA Agencies)
• Two levels in synergy and complementary
• Involvement of stakeholders - both _at_ strategic
  level and scientific level

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EU cooperation in HTA VISION

• New phase of cooperation ? from "agreeing on " to
  "doing and learning together" ? PILOTS
• Up take of EU work in national activities ?
  MAINSTREAMING
• "Life cycle" approach to health technologies ?
  More synergies with regulators and payers ?
  DEFRAGMENTATION
• From "projects" to "permanent" cooperation ?
  SUSTAINABILITY

HTA Network strategy
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Conclusions I

• New phase of EU cooperation on HTA? focus is
  "doing and learning together"
• Faster patients' access to medicines
• Capacity building
• Reduce duplication and better use of resources
• Improve/rationalise collection and requests of
  clinical evidence
• Increase business predictability
• EC ready to continue to support cooperation on
  HTA but

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Conclusions II

• Are YOU ready to TEAM UP and play your part?
• National HTA agencies
• Competent authorities/ payers
• Technology developers
• All stakeholders (patients, professionals,
  academic bodies, private experts )
• "New" cooperation on HTA in Europe can be reality
  only if all subscribe and engage in shaping it !

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Thank you

• andrzej.rys_at_ec.europa.eu
• http//ec.europa.eu/health/technology_assessment/p
  olicy/index_en.htm