IVI Report Examines Imbalances in Health Care Effectiveness Analyses
A new Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) report found that cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are disproportionately conducted on pharmaceutical interventions compared to other health care treatments. Learn more about what causes this and the potential policy solutions to achieve better overall balance of CEAs across health care interventions. Read more about the project and results here.
IVI Releases Public Feedback on Open-Source Value Project Model for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Today, the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) released public feedback on the IVI Open-Source Value Project model for rheumatoid arthritis. IVI launched the Open-Source Value Project, a first-of-its-kind effort to better measure value in health care treatments, with the release of an open-source tool focused on measuring value in treatments for RA. The IVI-RA model […]
IVI Open-Source Value Project on Display at ISPOR Europe
IVI economists showcased the results of multiple research streams supporting open-source value modeling initiative at the leading European conference for health economics and outcomes research. Presentation topics included: Development of open-source software for conducting value assessments; Implementation of a new approach for using public feedback to guide ongoing, iterative improvement of open-source value models; and […]
IVI Releases Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Qualitative Research
IVI has released the results to their non-small cell lung cancer patient qualitative research, which was used in the development of the structure of upcoming OSVP designed to evaluate lung cancer therapy sequences. According to the research, which was conducted in collaboration with LUNGevity, patients reported valuing treatments that would help increase overall or progression […]
New IVI Research Shows Challenges with ICER Budget Impact Forecasting
IVI research into six pre-2016 ICER studies reveals an overestimation of “unmanaged” drug use and drug cost trends. The peer-reviewed research, published in Value in Health, illustrates the difficulty in predicting budget impact and the consequences of not accounting for uncertainty in value assessment. Read the full article here.
IVI Presents Two Posters at AMCP Nexus 2019
IVI presented two posters at AMCP Nexus 2019, the healthcare conference at the intersection of value and care. In the poster “Understanding Value Through the Patient’s Eyes: Perspectives from Patients with Genetic Mutations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment” researchers show how they examine the perspectives and experiences of patients diagnosed with mNSCLC, and the […]
Expanding Value Assessment Beyond Drugs
Jennifer Bright writes in Morning Consult that while we’ve made progress assessing the value of biopharmaceuticals, more focus is needed to develop bout transparent, patient-centered value assessment methods in healthcare technologies beyond drugs. Read the full article here.
IVI Unveils Updates to Rheumatoid Arthritis Model
IVI for Biosimilars writes about IVI’s recent updates to their IVI-RA value model to include biosimilars, triple therapy, Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, sarilumab, as well as updated treatment effect estimates based on additional randomized control trial (RCT) evidence, and updated cost estimates. Read the full article here.
What’s in Store for 2020?
Jennifer Bright discusses the following three trends that began in 2019 and will pick up steam this year: Increased demand for value information for drugs; Increased number of voices asking whether value assessment is done the right way; and Momentum to improve value assessment models. Read the full article here. Please note that a Scrip […]
The Ascendency of Value Assessment
Value assessment is a hot topic in healthcare. But how can it be improved so it’s more relevant to answering the most important questions to patients, payers and providers? In this commentary, Jennifer Bright explains why we need data partners to catalyze improvement in value assessment. Read the article here.