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ArticleTargeted oncology2016

French Health Technology Assessment of Antineoplastic Drugs Indicated in the Treatment of Solid Tumours: Perspective for Future Trends.

Christos Chouaid, Isabelle Borget, Eric Braun, Marie-Laure Bazil, Dominique Schaetz, Cécile Rémuzat, Mondher Toumi

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Article in Targeted oncology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Christos ChouaidINSERM UMR U955, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Est (UPEC), F-94010, Créteil, France.
Isabelle BorgetUnité de Biostatistique et d'Epidemiologie, Institut Gustave Roussy, 94805, Villejuif, France.
Eric BraunDépartment Market Access, Janssen, 92130, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France.
Marie-Laure BazilDépartment Market Access, Janssen, 92130, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France.
Dominique SchaetzDépartment Market Access, Janssen, 92130, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France.
Cécile RémuzatCreativ-Ceutical, 75008, Paris, France.
Mondher ToumiLaboratoire de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, 13015, Marseille Cedex, France. mondher.toumi@emaud.org.
Janssen (France) · FRAix-Marseille Université · FRCentre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations · FRCreativ-Ceutical (France) · FRInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFrance is one of the European countries that spend the most on oncology drugs. To keep pharmaceutical expenditure under control, Health Authorities highly scrutinize market access of costly medicines.

objectiveTo assess current and future trends in French health technology assessment (HTA) of antineoplastic drugs indicated in the treatment of solid tumours.

methodsA review of the SMR and ASMR drivers of the Transparency Committee (CT) opinions issued for antineoplastic drugs indicated in the treatment of solid tumours and approved between 2009 and 2014 was performed to assess current trends in French health technology assessment (HTA), complemented by an expert board consultation to capture the critical issues on the future of antineoplastic drugs HTA.

resultsThirty-one drugs indicated for the treatment of solid tumours were identified (77 % targeted therapies). Initial CT assessments were available for 26 drugs. Four key items in the CT assessment were identified: 1) Clinical trial methodology; 2) Acceptance of progression-free survival (PFS) as a valuable endpoint; 3) Transferability of clinical trials in clinical practice; 4) Unpredictability of CT decisions. Experts raised the important development of personalised medicines in oncology and key challenges for oncology products to generate information expected from HTA perspective.

conclusionThe French system remains committed to its values and philosophy (access of all innovations for everybody) which are threatened by the increasing launch of innovative therapies and budget constraint. Both HTA decision framework evolution and revision of the current pricing process should be considered in France to cope with these new challenges.

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Antineoplastic AgentsFranceHumansNeoplasmsTechnology Assessment, BiomedicalAntineoplastic Agents

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PMID26830301
PMCPMC4961733
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