UK’s NICE Says ‘Light Touch’ HTA Evaluation Will Support Innovation
Executive Summary
The UK’s health technology assessment body recognizes that its traditional product evaluation processes are too slow for innovative medtech products. Its new “conditional recommendation” pathway aims to fix this.
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