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Volume 30, Issue 3 - Medical decision making and health technology assessment

The medical writers role in health technology assessment submissions

Abstract

Writing health technology assessment (HTA) submissions is a challenging and rewarding area of medical writing, being part of the process of giving patients access to new medicines. Submission requirements differ between countries but all require clear communication of the new product’s value. This article looks at the medical writer’s role in UK and German submissions, but many of the points covered will be generalisable to other jurisdictions.

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Medical decision making and health technology assessment
President's Message
From the Editor - Making responsible decisions – every day
EMWA News
Medical decision making at the individual and population level: The increasing role of evidence
Global HTA: Past, present, and future
Early benefit assessment of new drugs: The impact on healthcare in Germany
Decision-making in Slovenian outpatient care: Can financial incentives reduce patient waiting lists?
Patients are decision makers too
Quality patient decision aids to support healthcare decision making
EUPATI: Patient engagement through education as an important contributor to shared decision making
The regulatory-HTA decision-making interface: What the medical writer should know
Communicating the findings of health technology assessments: Considering uncertainty
Reporting health economic evaluations: CHEERS and beyond
The medical writers role in health technology assessment submissions
HTA decision-making: Do ethics matter?
Why would the healthcare industry need a doughnut?
Master protocol studies: Embracing the “new normal”
News from the EMA
Medical Devices
News and Notes from the World of Medical Writing
Regulatory Matters
Veterinary Medical Writing
Medical Communications and Writing for Patients
My First Medical Writing
Good Writing Practice
The Crofter: Sustainable Communications
Out On Our Own

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Lisa Chamberlain-James

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Payal Bhatia

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Evguenia Alechine

My First Medical Writing

Anuradha Alahari

News from the EMA

Adriana Rocha

Out on Our Own

Tiziana von Bruchhausen

Pharmacovigilance

Clare ChangZuo Yen Lee 

Regulatory Matters

Sam Hamilton

Regulatory Public Disclosure

Claire Gudex

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Louisa Ludwig-Begall / Sarah Kabani

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications

Louisa Marcombes

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