Use of Health Technology Assessment for the Continued Funding of Health Technologies: The Case of Immunoglobulins for the Management of Multifocal Motor Neuropathy.
Constanza VargasRebecca AddoMilena LewandowskaPhilip HaywoodRichard De Abreu LourencoStephen GoodallPublished in: Applied health economics and health policy (2023)
Beyond the ICER framework, other factors were acknowledged, including the high clinical need in a patient population for which there are no other active treatments available. This case study highlights the challenges of conducting HTA for already funded interventions, and the efficiency trade-offs required to fund effective high-cost therapies in rare conditions.