From Theory to Practice: Implementing the EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation

Join us for a half-day stakeholder event focused on the implementation of the European Union's Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation. The event will bring together key stakeholders from Spain, Italy, Malta and Portugal, including national HTA administrators and representatives from national stakeholders such as patient associations, health professionals, scientific societies, industry representatives, national decision-makers and regional health authorities.

• Date and time: Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 10:30 – 14:00 CET

This event is part of a series of regional information events to be organised in 2023 and 2024 across the EU by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety and the Heads of HTA Agencies Group (HAG), together with national HTA agencies.

At the event in Seville, the European Commission will provide an overview of the new EU HTA Regulation. This will be followed by panel discussions, featuring local speakers who will discuss key topics related to the implementation of the regulation. The event will be held in English and online interpretation will be provided in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

The panels will cover the following topics, among others to be discussed:

• Understanding key elements of the EU HTA Regulation
• Challenges and opportunities in the implementation process
• Involving stakeholders in EU HTA implementation

The panel discussion will include time for Q&A and audience participation, with the opportunity to engage in lively and constructive discussions.

• Detailed programme

Presentation

• The EU regulation on health technology assessment: what’s in it and why it matters?

Video recordings

• Presentation of the HTA regulation and its implementation
• Q&A about the implementation of the HTA regulation
• Panel discussion with national HTA agencies and bodies
• Panel discussion with stakeholders
• Conclusions and closing

Contact

At this event, stakeholders from Southwest Europe will be prioritised as attendees. Participants at the onsite location have already been selected and invited as spaces at the venue are very limited. All other stakeholders are invited to join the event online and register here to receive the link to the web streaming:

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• Contact email: contacthta-info-day [dot] eu (contact[at]hta-info-day[dot]eu)

This event is organised in partnership with

• AEMPS – Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices
• RedETS. Spanish Network of HTA Agencies
• Andalusian Regional Ministry of Health, Progress and Health Foundation
• Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
• Ministry of Health, Italy
• AGENAS – National Agency for Regional Health Services, Italy
• AIFA – Italian Medicines Agency
• Ministry of Health, Malta
• INFARMED – National Authority of Medicines and Medical Devices, Portugal