Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment

Background: Despite the guidelines for Economic and Public Health Assessment Committee (CEESP) submission having been available for nearly six years, the dossiers submitted continue to deviate from them, potentially impacting product prices. Objective: to review the reports published by CEESP, analy...

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Main Authors: Mondher Toumi, Anastasiia Motrunich, Aurélie Millier, Cécile Rémuzat, Christos Chouaid, Bruno Falissard, Samuel Aballéa
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Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2017.1344088
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Anastasiia Motrunich
Aurélie Millier
Cécile Rémuzat
Christos Chouaid
Bruno Falissard
Samuel Aballéa
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description Background: Despite the guidelines for Economic and Public Health Assessment Committee (CEESP) submission having been available for nearly six years, the dossiers submitted continue to deviate from them, potentially impacting product prices. Objective: to review the reports published by CEESP, analyse deviations from the guidelines, and discuss their implications for the pricing and reimbursement process. Study design: CEESP reports published until January 2017 were reviewed, and deviations from the guidelines were extracted. The frequency of deviations was described by type of methodological concern (minor, important or major). Results: In 19 reports, we identified 243 methodological concerns, most often concerning modelling, measurement and valuation of health states and results presentation and sensitivity analyses; nearly 63% were minor, 33% were important and 4.5% were major. All reports included minor methodological concerns, and 17 (89%) included at least one important and/or major methodological concern. Global major methodological concerns completely invalidated the analysis in seven dossiers (37%). Conclusion: The CEESP submission dossiers fail to adhere to the guidelines, potentially invalidating the health economics analysis and resulting in pricing negotiations. As these negotiations tend to be unfavourable for the manufacturer, the industry should strive to improve the quality of the analyses submitted to CEESP.
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spelling doaj-art-421e4fb95777415d8526bb30376507cb2025-08-20T02:54:40ZengMDPI AGJournal of Market Access & Health Policy2001-66892017-01-015110.1080/20016689.2017.13440881344088Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessmentMondher Toumi0Anastasiia Motrunich1Aurélie Millier2Cécile Rémuzat3Christos Chouaid4Bruno Falissard5Samuel Aballéa6Aix-Marseille Université, Université de la MéditerranéeHealth Economics and Outcomes Research Department, Creativ-CeuticalHealth Economics and Outcomes Research Department, Creativ-CeuticalHealth Economics and Outcomes Research Department, Creativ-CeuticalINSERM U955 and Université Paris Est (UPEC)UMR U955University Paris-SudAix-Marseille Université, Université de la MéditerranéeBackground: Despite the guidelines for Economic and Public Health Assessment Committee (CEESP) submission having been available for nearly six years, the dossiers submitted continue to deviate from them, potentially impacting product prices. Objective: to review the reports published by CEESP, analyse deviations from the guidelines, and discuss their implications for the pricing and reimbursement process. Study design: CEESP reports published until January 2017 were reviewed, and deviations from the guidelines were extracted. The frequency of deviations was described by type of methodological concern (minor, important or major). Results: In 19 reports, we identified 243 methodological concerns, most often concerning modelling, measurement and valuation of health states and results presentation and sensitivity analyses; nearly 63% were minor, 33% were important and 4.5% were major. All reports included minor methodological concerns, and 17 (89%) included at least one important and/or major methodological concern. Global major methodological concerns completely invalidated the analysis in seven dossiers (37%). Conclusion: The CEESP submission dossiers fail to adhere to the guidelines, potentially invalidating the health economics analysis and resulting in pricing negotiations. As these negotiations tend to be unfavourable for the manufacturer, the industry should strive to improve the quality of the analyses submitted to CEESP.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2017.1344088Health technology assessmentHTAHASCEESPefficiency opinionpricinghealth economics analysisHAS guidelines
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Christos Chouaid
Bruno Falissard
Samuel Aballéa
Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
Journal of Market Access & Health Policy
Health technology assessment
HTA
HAS
CEESP
efficiency opinion
pricing
health economics analysis
HAS guidelines
title Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
title_full Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
title_fullStr Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
title_short Analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in France – understanding the underlying philosophy of CEESP assessment
title_sort analysis of health economics assessment reports for pharmaceuticals in france understanding the underlying philosophy of ceesp assessment
topic Health technology assessment
HTA
HAS
CEESP
efficiency opinion
pricing
health economics analysis
HAS guidelines
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2017.1344088
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