Here Comes The NICE Revolution – Agility And Speed Will Drive UK HTA Into A New Era

Evolving health care demands, digital innovation and the need to work within tighter budgets have prompted the UK’s NICE to reset its strategy for the coming five years.

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The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is marking its 22 years of existence with a new plan of action to enable it to assess and provide access to a widening range of health technologies in a faster, more agile manner.

The health technology assessment (HTA) body’s five-year strategy for 2021-26 was launched by the minister for innovation at the Department...

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