Enhancing Health Technology Assessment Establishment in Asia: Practical Issues From the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry Perspectives

Abstract

In the May 2020 issue of Value in Health Regional Issues, Gordon Liu and colleagues reviewed the history of the development, current status, and trends in health technology assessment (HTA) in Asia.1 Using China, Japan, and South Korea as 3 case studies, the authors illustrated the complexity of HTA dynamics in the region. Academic research on HTA started much earlier than the actual HTA bodies appeared in various countries in Asia owing to the strong desire to provide adequate access to medical care in the region of the largest population in the world.