UK tech assessment
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stakeholders affected by the impending seventh wave of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence work program should complete the NICE 1registration form before timetables are announced at the end of June. The UK Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government identify stakeholders as: patient organizations; health professional groups; and manufacturers with technologies in the clinical area covered by the scope of the program guidelines. Primary care organizations and acute trusts will be selected at random and invited to participate. NICE says that the assessment will include drug-eluting stent performance for atherosclerotic events and the prevention of restenosis (2"The Gray Sheet" May 27, 2002, p. 10)...