INAHTA Elections – Polls open April 20

The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce that four individuals have stepped forward as nominees for the two upcoming Director vacancies. The candidate forms are available now for preview on the INAHTA website members area (login required).  Polls will be open April 20 – May 4 inclusive.

Workshop: The Managed Introduction of New Medicines, 11-13 May 2015 in Warsaw, Poland

INAHTA member, Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System (formerly named AHTAPol, Poland), in co-operation with PIPERSKA GROUP is offering a 3–day international workshop entitled "The Managed Introduction of New Medicines" to be held in Warsaw, Poland the 11-13 May 2015. This workshop is addressed to healthcare professionals involved with enhancing the rational use…

New INAHTA Conceptual Paper on the Influence of HTA

INAHTA is proud to announce the release of a conceptual paper on the Influence of HTA.  This paper was prepared by David Hailey (ASERNIP-S); Karen MacPherson (HIS); Alicia Aleman (MSP-Uruguay); and Rugayah Bakri (MaHTAS) for the INAHTA Working Group on HTA Influence. The paper is available for public access here. The INAHTA Board and membership…

New International HTA Masters program launched

HEHTA (Health Economics and HTA) at University of Glasgow announces the launch of a new online distance HTA Masters program.  There are different lengths of program offered: MSc: delivered online by distance learning: 24/36 months part-time PgDip delivered online by distance learning: 24 months part-time PgCert delivered online by distance learning: 12 months part-time For…

3 New Listserv reports available

Summary reports of three recent listserv questions are now available. Members can login to view these reports: – Assessments of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for breast cancer screening? (MaHTAS, Malaysia) – Has your agency assessed PET-CT to diagnose metastases in breast cancer patients? (DECIT-CGATS, Brazil) – Does your agency have a business plan?  Is it…

Job Opportunity – NETSCC

NETSCC, an INAHTA member agency, has a need to appoint a director for the Southampton Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC), one of the TAR teams which produces HTA work for NICE in the UK. More details are available here and here. If any INAHTA member is interested you may also contact Andrew Cook to discuss this…