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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.
New Study Reveals Little Consistency in Evidence Cited by Commercial Health Plans for Specialty Drug Coverage
When the health care community talks about evidence-based medicine, it’s usually in the context of efforts to ensure clinicians are delivering treatments to patients that align with the best…
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…
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…
NPC in Specialty Pharmacy Times: Why We Need to Consider the Proven Value of Drug Therapies
In his latest column for Specialty Pharmacy Times, National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Leonard explores recent research from the NPC and RTI Health…
Six Ways to Make Real-world Evidence Methods More Transparent
Acceptance of studies based on “real-world data” remains limited, partly because the research methods used to generate usable evidence are not always transparent. That perception could change thanks…
National Pharmaceutical Council 2018 Annual Report
2018 marked NPC’s 65th anniversary as a leader in health research and policy.
National Pharmaceutical Council 2018 Annual Report
National Pharmaceutical Council's 2018 Annual Report detailed our 65th anniversary as a leader in health policy research, celebrating a continued focus on strong research to drive conversations on…