PRESS RELEASE: IVI Receives Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award

IVI has been selected by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award. The $50,000 award will be used to convene a multi-stakeholder forum in February 2020 to review established and emerging approaches for improving value assessment and then identify and prioritize potential areas for research investment and collaborative solutions. […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Research Brief Discusses Limitations of ICER’s Analysis for JAK Inhibitors

As part of its Value Blueprints series, IVI’s latest research brief grapples with a question prompted by ICER’s recent assessment of RA therapies: Do conventional value assessments address the questions most relevant to real-world decisions about treatment pathways for chronic diseases? In the brief, the authors discuss how the failure of ICER’s analysis to evaluate […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI’s Updated RA Model Examines New Treatment Options, Treatment Effects and Cost Estimates

IVI has just released the latest update to the organization’s Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Value Assessment Model. The updated model now incorporates additional treatment options (triple therapy, Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, sarilumab, and biosimilars), updated treatment effect estimates based on additional randomized controlled trial (RCT) evidence, and updated cost estimates. The model is also designed to […]

PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Patricia Deverka Appointed as IVI’s First Chief Science Officer

IVI is thrilled to announce Pat Deverka, MD has joined our organization as our first Chief Science Officer. Dr. Deverka. Dr. Deverka brings to IVI more than three decades of experience in health economic research, public policy, patient engagement and program measurement across several academic, corporate and non-profit institutions. Read the full press release here […]

PRESS RELEASE: IVI Research Brief Examines Value Assessment in the Age of COVID

Researchers Highlight Important Advancements in Understanding Value Emerging from the Pandemic Alexandria, VA — November 10, 2020 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) — a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the science, practice, and use of value assessment in healthcare — today released its latest Value Blueprints research brief recommending key areas for adapting […]