Harmonizing health technology assessment in Europe: building on the legacy of EUnetHTA 21

As the EMA releases a new report highlighting achievements with the EUnetHTA 21 consortium over the past few years, we discuss the next steps towards implementing the new regulation to support harmonizing health technology assessment in Europe.   Background  Several initiatives are underway globally aimed at transforming health technology assessment (HTA) to ensure that patients have timely access to innovative medicines. The Health Technology Assessment Regulation (EU HTA Regulation) was adopted in late 2021 with the aim of accelerating patient access to treatments across Europe by making the assessment process more transparent, streamlined, and eliminating duplicate efforts between national HTA...