Links to relevant articles (15 June – 15 July 2017)
- ESIP and AIM (European Payer associations) met with DG SANTE (link to minutes)
- Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity: an evidence review and proposed framework by WHO (link)
- NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is expanding in England (link)
- Deloitte – 21st Century Cures: The Future of Product Innovation and Approval (link)
- New EU-Japan deal ‘presents opportunities for Irish exporters’ (link)
- Manufacturing costs and a challenging NHS chief concerns for UK medtech (link)
- First aid for medtech players targeting the US export market (link)
- Computer-Simulated Tests Eyed at FDA to Cut Drug Approval Costs (link)
- Call for proposals for 2018 work program of the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (link)
- Call for submissions for Innovation and Technology Tariff in England (link)
- Five new procedure and nine diagnostic codes were added to private reimbursement schedule in England in May (link)
- England is making further step towards integrated health and social care system (link)
- Medical technology IVD-related technology assessments from NICE in June 2017
- Neo Pedicle Screw System (a set of single use instruments and implantable screws and rods used for spinal fusion surgery in adults) – link
- SecurAcath (device for securing cerebrospinal fluid drainage catheters, which uses a small metal ‘anchor’ that sits below the skin and holds the catheter in place)- link
- Head injury: assessment and early management (link)
- Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management (link)
- RIDASCREEN (tests for monitoring infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease) – link
- Four Interventional Procedure Guidance for treatment of vaginal vault prolapse and uterine prolapse:
- Multiple frequency bioimpedance devices to guide fluid management in people with chronic kidney disease having dialysis link
- Italian Ministry of Health has opened a 60-days public consultation for 5 new health technology assessments of medical technologies (link)
- Medical devices for treatment-resistant hypertension
- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
- Chirurgia robotica
- Sling operation for urinary incontinence in women and men
- Protesizzazione del disco intervertebrale cervicale e lombare
- Care Institute Netherlands (Zorginstituut Nederland) is evaluating baroreflex activation therapy for inclusion into basic insurance package (link)
Posted on 17.07.2017