News from Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Articles
Trump's US FDA Reforms Need Center Director, Staff Support To Succeed, Former Leaders Say
(1/13, Sue Sutter, Pink Sheet) reports “...Current and former FDA leaders said the incoming administration's plans are more likely to succeed if they are built on existing agency efforts and supported by staff and the center directors. Price competition, fewer development hurdles for small companies, and a streamlined path to demonstrating substantial evidence of effectiveness in very rare diseases could be among the new administration's early priorities. The former FDA leaders' discussion occurred the same weekend that BIO's CEO met with Trump representatives to discuss FDA reforms.” Subscription Required
Press Releases
Global Expert Panel Releases Good Practices Guidance for Developing or Updating Health Technology Assessment Guidelines
(1/14, ISPOR Press Release) “ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced today the publication of a tripartite task force report outlining good practices for developing or updating health technology assessment (HTA) guidelines. The report, ‘Good Practices for Health Technology Assessment Guideline Development: A Joint Report of the HTAi, HTAsiaLink, and ISPOR Special Task Force,’ will be copublished in January 2025 in ISPOR’s flagship journal Value in Health and in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, the official journal of HTAi.” Full
Mayo Clinic Accelerates Personalized Medicine Through Foundation Models with Microsoft Research and Cerebras Systems
(1/14, Mayo Clinic Press Release) “...‘Multimodal foundation models hold immense promise in tackling significant roadblocks across the radiology ecosystem. The innovations we’re creating with Microsoft Research will help unlock valuable insights for the future of medical imaging to improve how radiologists work and how patients are cared for,’ says Matthew Callstrom, M.D. Ph.D., chair of Mayo Clinic Radiology in the Midwest and medical director for Generative AI and Strategy. ‘Focusing on chest X-ray reports, Mayo's clinical teams and Microsoft researchers will collaborate to advance the state-of-the-art in multimodal AI radiology, helping bring innovation to real-world application faster and at scale, which is key to making exemplary healthcare more accessible.’” Full
Journals
Good Practices for Health Technology Assessment Guideline Development: A Report of the Health Technology Assessment International, HTAsiaLink, and ISPOR Special Task Force
Siobhan Botwright, MA, et al.
January 2025, Value in Health
Primer on Health Equity Research in Health Economics and Outcomes Research: An ISPOR Special Interest Group Report
Matthew J.S. Griffiths, MSc
January 2025, Value in Health