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A Conversation About Cystic Fibrosis, Caregiving and Innovation
Lisa Yourman, the mother of two adult children living with cystic fibrosis and the Coalition Chair for Action CF, discusses how advances in medicine and technology are making a difference for her…
QALY Remains a Challenge, Societal Perspective Presents an Opportunity With ICER’s 2020 Value Assessment Framework
NPC evaluates the extent to which ICER's 2020-2023 value assessment framework addresses needed changes.
Women Matter in Value Assessments
Sarah Wells Kocsis explains why the Society for Women's Health Research is calling on the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to ensure its value frameworks and assessments “reflect factors…
Value Assessments Should Encompass More Than Just Medicines
NPC submitted comments to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review in response to its request for non-drug assessment topics, noting that value assessments should encompass more than just…
Concerns Raised About ICER’s Adapted Value Assessment Methods for High-Impact ‘Single and Short-term Therapies’
NPC outlines concerns with ICER's final adaptations to its value assessment framework for use when reviewing curative therapies.
Johnson & Johnson’s Blasine Penkowski Elected National Pharmaceutical Council Board Chair
NPC announced that Blasine Penkowski, MBA, Chief Strategic Customer Officer of Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., has been elected Chair of NPC’s Board of Directors for 2019-2020.
Current Landscape: Value Assessment Frameworks
This report analyzed seven existing U.S. value assessment frameworks, comparing and contrasting the strengths and limitations associated with each framework.
NPC Analysis Compares, Contrasts 7 U.S. Value Assessment Frameworks
The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) today released an analysis of seven U.S. value assessment frameworks, comparing and contrasting the strengths and limitations associated with each framework…
Are Value Assessment Frameworks Ready for Prime Time?
An analysis from NPC, published in Value in Health, examined efforts from three organizations actively conducting value assessments.
As Value Assessments Evolve, Are They Ready for Prime Time?
This peer-reviewed study examined the evolution of the value assessment landscape in the United States.
NPC in AJMC: Why We Need Multiple Measures of Cost-Effectiveness in the US
In an editorial for The American Journal of Managed Care, NPC Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President Dr. Robert Dubois explores the pitfalls of assigning only one organization the…
NPC Research Featured in Two Panels on Patient-Reported Measures in Oncology
A white paper by the National Pharmaceutical Council and Discern Health, Improving Patient-reported Measures in Oncology, was highlighted during two recent panels discussing recommendations for…
Key Takeaways From an ISPOR Panel on Creative Financing Proposals
An expert panel was convened at the ISPOR 2019 annual meeting to discuss the need for novel payment approaches to address the challenges that accompany transformative therapies.
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: Creative Financing for Innovative, Curative Therapies
States are getting creative about how they can meet the health care needs of their citizens, especially when it comes to curative treatments for conditions with a high rate of prevalence. More…
Rethinking Our Approach to Value Assessment to Ensure the Patient Voice is Heard
According to a panel at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Summit 2018 and summarized this week in Value in Health, even though value assessment frameworks…
NPC Outlines Ways to Make ICER’s Value Assessment Framework More Patient-Centered
NPC submitted comments to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) on ways to improve its value assessment framework and ensure that patient concerns are better addressed in treatment…
Symposium: Able to Cure, Able to Pay — Closing the Widening Gap
In Louisiana, significant prevalence of hepatitis C cases and high treatment costs has led the state to turn to an innovative idea – using a Netflix-style subscription model to pay for curative…