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Publications Digest

17
Sep 2026

EU HTA Publication Digest: The EU-Joint Clinical Assessment Guidance Documents Fail to Address the Significance of Systematic Literature Reviews and Deviate from the State of the Art

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its EU HTA Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Smela et al. analyzed recommendations for systematic literature reviews within the EU Joint Clinical Assessment framework and compared them with established evidence-based medicine standards.
15
Sep 2026

Publication Digest: A European framework for the assessment of digital health technologies: conceptual advances, challenges, and future directions

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, de Waure et al. presented the conceptual foundation of the European Digital Health Technology Assessment (EDiHTA) framework, developed to support the assessment of digital health technologies across EU member states.
08
Sep 2026

Publication Digest: Characterizing updated and living meta-analyses part 1: a methodological scoping review on methods for conducting meta-analyses in updated and living systematic reviews

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Konstantinidis et al. reviewed and categorized statistical methods designed for repeated meta-analysis updates in updated and living systematic reviews.
28
Aug 2026

Health Economic Publication Digest: Development of the Medical Device Economic Evaluation Methodological Quality (DEEM-Q) Assessment Checklist

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Health Economic Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Akpinar et al. developed the DEEM-Q checklist, a consensus-based tool designed to address methodological aspects of economic evaluations that are specific to medical devices.
31
Jul 2026

EU HTA Publication Digest: Between Rigor and Relevance: Why the EU HTA Guidelines on Indirect Comparisons Miss the Mark

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its EU HTA Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Aballéa et al. critically reviewed the EU HTA Coordination Group guidelines on direct and indirect treatment comparisons in the context of joint clinical assessments.
29
Jul 2026

Publication Digest: Methodologies for generating and evaluating clinical and performance evidence for high-risk and innovative medical devices and in vitro diagnostics: a scoping review

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Bralić et al. conducted a scoping review of methodologies for generating and evaluating evidence for high-risk and innovative medical devices and in vitro diagnostics in the EU.
03
Jul 2026

EU HTA Publication Digest: Evidence Synthesis via Indirect Treatment Comparisons in the European Framework of Joint Clinical Assessment

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its EU HTA Publications Digest. In a recent publication, de la Cuadra-Grande et al. developed a methodological framework for interpreting indirect treatment comparisons within the European Joint Clinical Assessment process under the Health Technology Assessment Regulation.
01
Jul 2026

Publication Digest: Methods for Evaluation of Surrogate Endpoints for Health Technology Assessment Decision Making: A Good Practices Report of an ISPOR Task Force

MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Publications Digest. In a recent publication, Bujkiewicz et al. developed an ISPOR Task Force good-practice report on methods for evaluating surrogate endpoints in health technology assessment decision-making.